Mobile network operator, Cell C today announced that it will be investing R5 billion in the next year to expand its network coverage and rollout a high-speed broadband offering using HSPA+ technologies with download speeds of up to 21Mbit/s.
Cell C CEO Lars P Reichelt says that the company will be a significant broadband player in the market, offering state-of-the-art technologies at very high speeds.
Cell C's network will offer download speeds that are
three times faster than what is available in the market today
"Currently the fastest 3G networks in South Africa offer speeds of 7,2Mbit/s. Cell C's network will offer download speeds that are three times faster than what is available in market today."
He says Cell C is still in negotiations with equipment manufacturers to build its HSPA+ network and more detail about its rollout plans will be made public early in 2010.
