Broadband Infraco

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Broadband Infraco
legal form State company
founding 2008
Seat Sandton , South AfricaSouth AfricaSouth Africa 
management Andrew Matseke ( CEO )
sales 365.5 million ZAR (18 million euros )
Branch telecommunications
Website www.infraco.co.za

Broadband Infraco (Pty) Limited ( SOC ) is a state-owned telecommunications company in South Africa . The company is located in the Woodmead district of Sandton . It has been subordinate to the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (German: Ministry for Telecommunications and Postal Services ) since 2015 and serves to expand an electronic broadband communications infrastructure in Germany with cross-border activities.

The company's existence and operations are based on an act from 2007, the Broadband Infraco Act (Act No. 33 of 2007) . The activities of Broadband Infraco include the tasks that are deemed necessary by the state for the provision and maintenance of the systems for electronic communication, which is defined according to section 1 of the Electronic Communications Act (Act No. 36 of 2005) .

history

The entry into force of the Broadband Infraco Act at the beginning of 2008, the state-owned company founded hereby adopted by section 6 of the Act existing rights of Eskom and Transnet for conducting and provision of electricity, and electronic communication systems for pipelines , railways, transport or lower-power plants, and also for the Construction, operation and maintenance of existing and new telecommunications systems and networks.

The company was initially under the control of the Department of Public Enterprises . With 74 percent of the shares, this ministry held the majority in controlling the company and its development alongside the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (26 percent). The now responsible Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has taken over these shares to the same extent.

Business activity

Broadband Infraco provides a technical infrastructure for landline and mobile network operators licensed in South Africa who operate long-distance and international data transmission services. Broadband Infraco's tasks are to provide the technical infrastructure with high data transmission rates within its national long-distance network and in an international submarine cable network. Domestically, the expansion is based on fiber optic connections .

Within South Africa, the company's focus is on efficiently linking all nine provinces as well as the major metropolitan areas and cities, as well as expanding the network in rural regions. The regional political network development goals in southern Africa include the expansion of communication links to neighboring countries in South Africa, such as Botswana , Lesotho , Mozambique , Namibia , Zimbabwe and Eswatini .

In the transcontinental framework, an improved communication structure with Europe and North America is sought. The company was active as an investor in the West Africa Cable System (WACS), which starts in Yzerfontein on the South African side and reaches two junction points on the European mainland along the west coast of Africa , in Sesimbra ( Portugal ) and in Brean ( Sedgemoor district ) in Great Britain , from where it runs to its terminus in London .

Broadband Infraco offers digital transmission services in four stages (as of 2016), whereby a data transmission rate of up to 10 Gbps is possible in the most powerful stage of the STM-64 multiplex process .

The central nodes of Broadband Infraco are:

Partner companies and institutions in southern Africa

transnational partner companies are:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Broadband Infraco: Board of Directors . at www.infraco.co.za (English)
  2. ↑ Broadband Infraco: Broadband Infraco Annual Report 2015 . PDF document p. 95, online at www.infraco.co.za (English)
  3. ^ Broadband Infraco: Purpose of the Company . at www.infraco.co.za (English)
  4. ^ Republic of South Africa: Broadband Infraco Act, 2007 . In: Government Gazette , Vol. 511, January 8, 2008, No. 30654 (English), online at www.infraco.co.za
  5. ↑ Parliamentary Monitoring Group: Broadband Infraco, Sentech and SITA on their 2015/26 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans, with Deputy Minister in attendance . News from April 21, 2015 on www.pmg.org.za (English)
  6. ↑ Independent Communications Authority of South Africa: License No: 0455 / IECNS / OCT / 09 . at www.infraco.co.za (English) with a list of the POP
  7. ^ Broadband Infraco: Corporate Profile . PDF document, p. 6, online at www.infraco.co.za (English)
  8. ^ Broadband Infraco: Products and Services . at www.infraco.co.za (English)
  9. ^ Broadband Infraco: Points of Presence . at www.infraco.co.za (English)
  10. ^ Neotel: Shareholders: TATA Communications . on www.neotel.co.za (English)
  11. ↑ Toby Shapshak: Liquid Telecom To Be Largest Pan-African Broadband Network With Neotel Purchase . Posted June 28, 2016 on www.forbes.com (English)