The Universal Service and Access Agency of SA says it will cost R9?billion to provide broadband for all.
The Cape metropolis will be connected over the next seven years, the City of Cape Town says.
Government builds an online portal for learners and teachers, although technology access challenges remain.
New points-of-presence in Lesotho, Swaziland and Malawi expand the company's African network capacity.
A new digital skills training initiative aspires to reduce the gap in Internet access for women in Sub-Saharan Africa by up to 50% by 2016.
Twenty ICT statistics for 2014, according to research by the UN's international ICT agency, the ITU.
The radio station turned to Jasco and the que-Skye solution from Q-KON to provide the answer to its mobile broadband challenges.
Telecoms minister Siyabonga Cwele recognises the crucial part broadband will play in turning SA's economy around.
The company's research arm achieves a speed of 10Gbps over traditional copper.
The Internet service provider introduces four hybrid capped-uncapped packages, ranging from R299 to R849 a month.
SA's unique context must be taken into account when judging its state of broadband, say analysts.
The migration from analogue to digital technology directly impacts both telecoms and the broadcasting sectors, says KPMG.