Blog20 August 2026 • 5 min read
South Africa has spent years treating fibre as the broadband finish line and wireless as a temporary arrangement until the trench reaches the gate. That hierarchy is now out of date.
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South Africa has spent years treating fibre as the broadband finish line and wireless as a temporary arrangement until the trench reaches the gate. That hierarchy is now out of date.
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South Africa's telecoms sector has a stock excuse it reaches for whenever a powerful player wants to do something anticompetitive, and it never seems to wear out: we're doing this for the underserved communities.
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