iBurst has erected new base stations in Irene, Lenasia, Rynfield, Northcliff South, Robertsham, Randhart, Edenglen, Durban North, Mossel Bay and Heidelberg since May this year.<\/p>\n
The Irene installation marked the 150th iBurst base station to be erected in South Africa after the company commenced commercial operations in April 2005. <\/p>\n
“While we know that Isie Smuts would sit underneath the family portraits and listen to the radio, we don’t know how she would have taken to wireless broadband. However, it’s likely the children would have shown her how to download her husband’s emails from Winston Churchill,” joked Thami Mtshali, CEO of iBurst, about the Irene base station.<\/p>\n
iBurst has also beefed up coverage in KwaZulu-Natal with the launch of a new base station in Durban North.<\/p>\n
“By investing in additional wireless Internet infrastructure in Durban, iBurst is investing in the future because KwaZulu-Natal remains South Africa’s most populous province,” said Thami Mtshali, CEO of iBurst. <\/p>\n
South Africa’s mid-year 2007 population is estimated at 47.9 million by Statistics SA with KwaZulu-Natal accounting for 20.9% of the population compared to 20.2% for the next populous province of Gauteng. <\/p>\n
“Improved coverage in KwaZulu-Natal means that growing numbers of Durbanites are replacing their snail-paced dial-up Internet connections and switching to hair-raising iBurst speeds up to 17 times faster than dial-up and up to 3 times faster than 3G,” iBurst said.<\/p>\n