Local Internet service provider (ISP) BitCo has completed upgrading its 40Gbps national fibre network.
This comes as SA's leading telcos and ISPs jostle to outdo each other in rolling out fibre networks throughout the country.
Analysts believe consumers can expect fibre prices to drop in the foreseeable future, as SA's fibre "land grab" continues to heat up.
Market analyst firm BMI-TechKnowledge says following the first wave of fibre deployments in SA, decision-makers are now deploying fibre access at an exponential rate, sometimes likened to a new "land grab", which has gained new momentum.
BitCo, established in 2006 and operating under IECNS and IECS licences since 2011, has completed an upgrade to its national network that it says "will guarantee an unsurpassed Internet and telephony experience for all of its business subscribers".
"Our ambition is to deliver excellent Internet and telephony solutions through constant innovation," says Michael Colin, BitCo sales director. "That's why we've chosen to build and maintain our own independent national fibre and wireless network that will enable us to increase coverage swiftly and where it is needed most."
Over the past several months, BitCo has been upgrading its core distribution fibre ring throughout Johannesburg, Pretoria, KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town to 40Gbps of capacity.
The ISP says these improvements have been implemented with future growth in mind, having paved the road to a capacity of 120Gbps, as the equipment installed is easily upgradable.
It adds that completion of the national upgrade includes multiple 10Gbps distribution rings that run off the main core distribution ring. The smaller network segments go through the same metropolitan regions, but supply the outer edges with connectivity.
BitCo says its business fibre services are synchronous and are upgradable to 1Gbps connections.
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