South Africa

South Africa

Purchasing Backhaul

Summary of who owns the physical high-speed networks that form the backbone of the country’s internet, along with how those networks interconnect internationally.

Fibre networks and fibre network operators

Commercial, NREN, Government, etc

Operator Website Km of Fibre Services Email Telephone
Balwin Fibre https://www.balwinfibre.co.za/ FTTH
Celerity Networks https://www.celerity.africa/ FTTH info@celerity.africa +27 (0)11 056 5118
Broadband Infraco https://infraco.co.za/ 14,863 Backhaul info@infraco.co.za +27 11 235 1600
Clear Access http://clearaccess.io/ FTTH web
MTN (Bayobab) https://bayobab.africa/ 23,000 Backhaul web
Vodacom Business https://www.vodacombusiness.co.za/business/solutions/carrier-services 33,000 Backhaul web
Frogfoot https://www.frogfoot.co.za/ Backhaul web
Liquid Intelligent Technologies https://za.liquid.tech/ 21,000 Backhaul support@liquid.tech +27 11 585 0000
OpenServe https://openserve.co.za/ 165,900 Backhaul web
Vumatel 18,000 Backhaul/FTTH 010 746 8862
Seacom / Wondernet https://wondernet.co.za/office/how-to-use-our-coverage-map-to-check-if-fibre-is-available-in-your-area/ 4,000 Backhaul info@seacom.com +27 861 855 855
Dark Fibre Africa https://dfafrica.co.za/ 14,000 Backhaul info@dfafrica.co.za +27 12 443 1000
Metro Fibre https://metrofibre.co.za Backhaul sales@MetroFibre.co.za +27 87 151 4000

Sources for fibre distances

Broadband Infraco Dark Fibre Africa Liquid Telecom National Longdistance Network Seacom / FibreCo Telkom / Openserve

National Research and Education Network

South Africa's NREN is divided between two organisations: TENET and SANREN. TENET is the operational arm of the NREN owned by the universities themselves and SANREN is the government side of the NREN providing infrastructure funding and other services.

Satellite operators

Summary of satellite services available in the country

Terrestrial service providers

Terms of Service ISPs offering backhaul services List of ISPs offering backhaul services to small operators including: Contact details License type Services offered (where available) Geographic scope of services Pricing?

Building Backhaul

Suppliers
Fibre
Wireless
  • Scoop - Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, Cambium, Mimosa, Radwin
  • Miro - Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, Cambium
  • tech.co.za - Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, Cambium
Other

Costs

Where available, typical construction costs

Regulatory Issues

Licensing
Rights of Way
Other considerations

Mapping Backhaul

operating instructions

Various functions are available as part of the map.

mouse/touch operation
  • moving by grabbing the map with a mouse-click you can move the map around
  • overview map using the < button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
  • zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map you can obtain more or less detail in the map
  • switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
  • retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, by clicking these a popup will show this information
  • fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.
keyboard operation

Keyboard operation becomes available after activating the map using the tab key (the map will show a focus indicator ring).

  • moving using the arrow keys you can move the map
  • overview map using the + button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
  • zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map or by using the + and - keys you can obtain more or less detail in the map
  • switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
  • retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, using the i key you can activate a cursor that may be moved using the arrow keys, pressing the enter will execute an information retrieval. press the i or the escape key to return to navigation mode
  • fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.

It's possible that some of the functions or buttons describe above have been disabled by the page author or the administrator

Telkom

 

Points of Interest
id symbol latitude longitude description
Telkom
1 marker-green -29.5º 24.6º

Pont de Barbouillons; Daverdisse
external link:

GeoJSON file GeoJSON object GeoJSON track: telkom south africa.geo

Maps of network infrastructure nationally Combined map of fibre networks, IXPs, CDNs, et al Open data GIS downloadable version. IXPs, CDNs, and Datacentres Locations of IXPs, CDNs, and datacentres in the country Contact details

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