It is not unlikely that Seacom will provide fibre connectivity to home users in the future, said Byron Clatterbuck, CEO at Seacom, at the launch of Seacom Business in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Because there is no practical upper limit to how many users can leverage Seacom's fibre infrastructure, it would be logical to allow channel partners to extend Seacom's offering to home users, as this would mean more paying customers, said Clatterbuck.
Seacom selling Fibre to the Home (FTTH) directly to end users was improbable however, he added.
Seacom Business offers the fibre operator's connectivity to corporate clients, either directly or through channel partners.
Channel partners will provide 70-80% of the service's revenue, whereas 20-30% will come from connectivity sold directly to specifically targeted customers both private and public, predicted Grant Parker, head of Seacom's enterprise segment.
The service aims to "change the way people do business in Africa" by giving businesses access to more and faster bandwidth that is both reliable and resilient, said Parker. This infrastructure is particularly important to enabling the use of cloud technologies, he added.
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