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Cell C LTE comes to Western Cape

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 25 Nov 2015
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos says Western Cape customers will recieve LTE service 1 December.
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos says Western Cape customers will recieve LTE service 1 December.

Cell C will expand its LTE service to customers in the Western Cape next month.

"The first phase of 280 sites across the Western Cape is now complete and ready for customers to enjoy," says Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos.

The first 1000 customers to visit the Cell C walk-in customer care centre in Tygervalley will be able to purchase a 100GB of data, valid for 3 months, for R100. This offer is the same launch special Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal customers received, it will only be available on 1 December.

The Western Cape launch follows over R2 billion investment in the company's LTE data network this year. Cell C will invest another R6 billion over the next two years to roll out LTE in other provinces and extend coverage to other parts of Gauteng, KZN and the Western Cape.

The company has also set aside capital to invest in an additional 1600 fibre links to be rolled out in the new financial year.

"The Western Cape is also in line for a core transmission backbone upgrade to 100Gbps," says Dos Santos.

For those customers using 3G in the region, Cell C has implemented dual carrier which has improved quality and speed.

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