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Johannesburg - South Africa’s biggest fixed-line phone company Telkom says its open access fibre network will reach 25 more areas.
The company said its network would reach these areas by the end of September 2015.
The announcement comes after Telkom said earlier this month that it wants its fibre network to be accessible by one million homes in 2018.
Regarding Telkom’s latest fibre broadband roll out then, a spokesperson for the company told Fin24 that once the areas are connected by the end of September, residents can access the network and choose their own internet service provider.
Telkom is promising speeds of 100Mbps on this network.
Here are the 25 areas that Telkom is currently connecting to its fibre network:
Kimberley:
Hillcrest Bloemfontein:
Rayton Ridge
Universitas Ridge
Durban:
Assagay
Ballito Industrial Park
Bothas Hill Hillcrest, including Hildene, Langeford Estate and St Helier
Westmead
Mount Edgecombe Country Estate 2
Johannesburg:
Atholl
Bryanston
Dunkeld
Forest Town
Houghton
River Club
Craighall
Hyde Park
Pretoria:
Hazelwood
Menlo Park
Route 21 Corporate Park (Irene)
Waterkloof
Port Elizabeth:
Hallack Road
Cape Town:
Atlantic Beach Golf Estate
D’urbanvale
Oude Westhof (Welgemoed) Van Riebeeckshof (Welgemoed)
Meanwhile, Telkom said that the below suburbs are where Telkom currently has fibre networks.
Cape Town:
Plattekloof
Plattekloof 2
Plattekloof 3
Camps Bay
Clifton
Bakoven
Foreshore
De Waterkant
Bishopscourt
Pretoria:
Groenkloof Brooklyn
Johannesburg:
Houghton Estate
Morningside
Bryanston
River Club
Sandhurst
Westcliff Rosebank
Craighall
Craighall Park
Illovo
Parktown North
Hyde Park
Durban:
Kloof
Everton
Winston Park
Reservoir Hills
Chiltern Hills
