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Johannesburg - The national long-distance fibre optics network project is progressing well, telecoms group Neotel said on Thursday.
"Around 200km of fibre has already been rolled out,"
Angus Hay, executive head of technology said in a statement.
The Durban route was about one third complete and the work on
the Cape Town route would start soon.
The network is a joint venture between Neotel, MTN and Vodacom.
Neotel had added roughly 1 000km of fibre in the three main
metros where it operated - Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban. It now
had around 4 000km of fibre in the ground in these areas.
Hay said the company had created more points of presence in
these areas to serve its business customers.
"In addition to that we have increased our point-to-point and
point-to-multipoint microwave network dramatically, doubling the
coverage area for this service."
Neotel has also created significant WiMax coverage.
"From a consumer product offering perspective, coverage has
increased by 70%.
"We have been aggressively investing in our network to ensure
that we become more widely available to our customers.
"This, coupled with the international bandwidth we have
available and the innovative products we bring to the market is
setting the scene for what will be a very good 2010."
- Sapa