Spotlight falls on SA’s broadband rollout

Broadband is a critical component of the National Development Plan, and is firmly on the agenda for the current year, according to Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele.Speaking during the budget vote in Parliament yesterday, Cwele says...

IS plans more fibre infrastructure rollouts

Pan-African telecommunications provider Internet Solutions (IS) has made major investments in its South African fibre infrastructure, and plans to further its rollout in the coming months. “South Africa’s connectivity infrastructure has seen incredible growth in the...

FibreCo completes national fibre rollout

FibreCo Telecommunications has completed a fibre optic network interconnecting Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town, providing the shortest and fastest optical fibre connectivity between these cities. The achievement comes about two years after...

POS rollout to rural shops

MasterCard and Blue Label Telecoms have announced a partnership that will see 22 000 small traders and rural shops in South Africa equipped with point of sale (POS) devices, enabling them to accept card payments for the first time. Blue Label currently provides...