FibreCo Telecommunications has announced that its fibre network connecting Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town has gone live.<\/p>\n
According to FibreCo, its network is open-access and provides the shortest and fastest optical fibre connectivity between these cities today.<\/p>\n
The company is a partnership between Cell C, Internet Solutions, and Convergence Partners, which signed an agreement with ZTE Corporation of China in September 2011 for the construction of the fibre optic cable system.<\/p>\n
BT, Cell C, and Internet Solutions are also the first 3 key anchor tenants on the network, FibreCo said.<\/p>\n
In addition to the anchor tenants, FibreCo said it has entered into a strategic partnership with MTN, which will have access to the FibreCo route between Johannesburg and East London, complementing MTN\u2019s own national and access fibre optic network footprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cMTN is the first operator to light up new capacity on FibreCo\u2019s network into East London, a key landing point in a province with one the highest levels of “broadband deprivation” nationally, according to research by the Department of Communications,\u201d FibreCo said.<\/p>\n
According to FibreCo, it complete the physical installation of around 1,000 km of linear fibre-optic cable in 14 months.<\/p>\n
Over the period, FibreCo said it also collaborated extensively with other fibre infrastructure operators and broadband networks in order to avoid duplication of fibre routes.<\/p>\n
FibreCo said that this provided both environmental benefits and economic efficiencies which will ultimately benefit internet users.<\/p>\n
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