Commercialisation of WACS and other submarine cables will set the stage for a mobile revolution, say consortium partners.
Cell C's upgraded network goes live in Port Elizabeth, a few days after Vodacom's 43Mbps launch.
The operator will not meet its second national operator mandate, because this would kill its chances of profitability, say analysts.
Amid the fanfare and excitement around the landing of WACS, it's important to ask what it actually means and for whom?
The company wants to double its consumer base this financial year, as it plans to move towards profitability.
The continent's largest-capacity fibre-optic cable lands in Yzerfontein, near Cape Town.
Moving beyond the cable, Seacom now also offers a suite of IP services.
SA's largest cellular operator rolls out a faster network only days before rival Cell C will make its announcement.
The solutions suit businesses that need the stability and redundancy of a high-end server, but don't have the large budget.
Mobile broadband can add R72 billion to SA's economy by 2015, if government speeds up the spectrum allocation process.
The company is R250 million short for its national wireless broadband network project, but says it will get the money from treasury.
Predictions for 2011 see a significant increase in the overall size of the market in the region.
Moving its trading platform back to SA creates a new source of revenue.