The companies are collaborating on the first 5G trial in SA, to start in the first quarter of 2018.
The two companies join forces to trial 5G in South Africa early next year.
Forecasts from the upcoming Ericsson Mobility Report 2017 show Sub-Saharan Africa will start seeing 5G subscriptions from 2022.
Uber's Justin Spratt says the ride-hailing service is looking at ways to optimise data usage for frontier markets.
The number of connections on the continent is set to more than double over the coming five years, says Ovum.
?The two companies sign a memorandum of understanding to shape the future of 5G in SA.?
The telecoms operator establishes connection facilities in Cape Town and Johannesburg to support Internet traffic in the region.
The authority initiates steps to share information about effective frameworks for the uptake of 5G services.
BMIT predicts residential fibre will exceed DSL in South Africa by 2019, and for both businesses and households by 2021.
The satellite is specifically designed for Africa and is scheduled for launch in 2019 via SpaceX Falcon-9.
Tank Industries exhibited its growing range of telecom products, developed to enable the deployment of fibre networks.
CEO of SqwidNet and xecutive director of Dark Fibre Africa says its the thirst for knowledge that drives him.