Fibre Optic Network
latest news & developments
Award-winning South African ISP shares recipe for success
Cool Ideas scoops Best Fibre Award for third consecutive year, and Fixed LTE is soon launching in South Africa
Vumacam’s eye in the sky solution
Smart camera networks help to create a smarter, safer cities
Telkom turns to mobile and fibre as landline business takes knock
Telkom is steering its business towards "new revenue streams", such as mobile, data and the internet
Fibre optic turf war pushes speeds up and prices down
While the giant telecommunications companies fiddled, smaller firms started laying internet cables and consumers are ultimately winning.
Fibrehoods vs Futurehoods: A battle won by consumers
As fibre-to-the-home rolls out in earnest across suburban South Africa, the army with the most weapons is being left behind on the field of battle.
High-tech and lowlife: How extortion is hobbling broadband roll-out
We need to start seeing broadband as a vital service and treating those who threaten it with severity, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Seacom completes 17 000km under-sea cable
Seacom on Thursday announced that its 17 000km submarine fibre-optic cable has been completed and commissioned.
MTN, Neotel to build 5 000km fibre-optic network
MTN and Neotel will build a national long-distance fibre-optic network for between R1,7-billion and R2-billion, it was reported on Thursday.