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South Africa - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and AnalysesLONDON, Nov. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's telecom sector boasts one of the most advanced infrastructures on the continent. The major mobile network operators, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C, have also moved into the fixed-line and national fibre sector under a converged, service-neutral licensing regime. In addition, many municipalities in South Africa are implementing their own metropolitan fibre and wireless broadband networks, while several Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) deployments are underway. Key developments: - Neotel rebrands as Liquid Telecom South Africa - Orange Group opens two PoPs in Cape Town and Johannesburg, providing additional wholesale internet connectivity - regulator and USAASA seek to raise ZAR100 billion for ICT projects by increasing USAF levy to 1% of operator revenue - Telkom acquires BCX - work begins on the Modderfontein Smart City development - Constantia Fibre Initiative (CFI) to build an open access FttP network in Cape Town - Vodacom contracts Alcatel-Lucent to build a GPON FttP converged network - report update includes the regulator's March 2017 report on the ICT sector, operator data to March 2017. Companies mentioned in this report: Telkom, Liquid Telecom South Africa (Neotel), Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Virgin Mobile, Broadband InfraCo, Transtel, Eskom, SEACOM, Telkom, Neotel (Tata), Vodacom, MTN, Broadband InfraCo, Transtel, Eskom, SITA, Sentech, SEACOM, Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), Internet Solutions, FibreCo, eFive, WASACE. Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/4247317 About Reportbuyer Reportbuyer is a leading industry intelligence solution that provides all market research reports from top publishers https://www.reportbuyer.com For more information: Sarah Smith Research Advisor at Reportbuyer.com Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 208 816 85 48 Website: www.reportbuyer.com View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/south-africa---telecoms-infrastructure-operators-regulations---statistics-and-analyses-300554872.html SOURCE ReportBuyer |