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Show on map Broadband Infrastructure Company (Broadband Infraco), the state-owned provider of wholesale backbone transmission services, was granted an individual electronic communications network services (‘I-ECNS’) licence by the regulator ICASA on 19 October 2009. With the award of the ECNS licence, Broadband Infraco intends to sell high capacity long distance transmission services to licensed fixed and mobile network operators, internet service providers and other value added network service providers. Licenced operators can buy multiple capacity increments of STM-1 (155.52 Mbps) up to STM-64 (9.953 Gbps). In its 2009 Annual Report, Broadband Infraco had one customer, second national operator Neotel (Pty) Limited, in accordance with the Right of Use and Operate Agreement between Broadband Infraco and Neotel, which has been in effect since 1 December 2007. Now that Broadband Infraco has obtained the necessary operating licences, it plans to adopt a wholesale, carrier-of-carriers... Read More →