Ministers have met to outline their plans, but details on ICT plans for the country have been omitted.
The cable will be ready for commercial services by August.
The president's address lacked detail, but his mention of broadband may mean more to ICT than expected.
The president neglects to note the role of ICT and the urgency of change in state-owned entities.
However, market commentators say they have heard this before, and are still waiting for concrete examples of government's policy in action.
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The company will supply equipment for AT&T's planned deployment of LTE mobile broadband technology.
Over 475 WiMax networks have already been deployed in 140 countries worldwide, says Alvarion.
Symantec's 2010 NetThreat Web site aims to educate the online community about Internet security.
Measures are put in place to prevent further cyber attacks, after R2 million was lost.