MTN has refused to comment on whether its plans to commercially launch 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services in South Africa on Sunday, 1 June 2014, will go ahead.<\/p>\n
The operator first announced its intentions to launch the service in April, following successful FTTH trials conducted with residents of Monaghan Farm, a gated estate located 30km north of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
\u201cMTN is currently rolling out aggressive deployment to high-density urban areas, such as high-end gated communities, boomed-off suburbs and high-rise buildings,\u201d MTN said in its statement last month.<\/p>\n
The operators said that advanced discussions were underway with several other residential sites.<\/p>\n
However, despite numerous attempts to contact MTN, the operator remained silent on whether the service is ready to go live on the weekend.<\/p>\n
MTN pointed out that its FTTH roll-out is a demand-driven, and an extension of its already expanding fibre connectivity backbone, utilising Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology, to business parks and residential estates in all major cities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are massively excited by the momentum that our pre-launch has already created,\u201d Eben Albertyn, chief technology officer of MTN SA said in April.<\/p>\n
According to MTN, the estimated connectivity date for homes in the Monaghan Farm estate is mid-May, with in excess of 60% of the residents having signed up. Offers vary based on desired Internet speed, ranging from 10 to 100 Mbps.<\/p>\n
The operator did not provide an update on this development, despite questions being sent to the firm.<\/p>\n
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