Vumatel is making significant progress with its fibre broadband trial in Alexandra in Johannesburg ahead of a wider roll-out.
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The company has a bold plan to deploy uncapped fibre broadband not only to townships, but even to informal settlements, CEO Dietlof Mare says.
Maziv is the new name of the parent company of Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa that will soon, pending regulatory approvals, be 30% owned by Vodacom.
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Vumatel will at least double the line speeds for most of its fibre customers until at least the end of January next year on a promotional basis.
Two of South Africa’s biggest fibre providers, Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, are being folded into a new infrastructure holding company to be led by Vuma CEO Dietlof Mare.
Vumatel has acquired a 45% non-controlling stake in fixed-wireless and fibre Internet service provider Herotel.
South African home broadband users will soon be able to get 10Gbit/s fibre thanks to a new offering from Vumatel, which will be commercially available after a short trial period.
Fibre network operators Vumatel and SA Digital Villages will in future operate as a single entity following the transfer of the SADV wholesale fibre assets to Vumatel.