Telkom South Africa Selects Huawei for Ultra-Broadband Access Network

Mobilk - Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has been selected by Telkom South Africa to deploy the company’s next-generation ultra-broadband network access. 

Telkom, Africas largest integrated communications company, provides integrated communications solutions to both homes and enterprises in South Africa. To maintain its competitive advantage and further grow its market share, Telkom will migrate its fixed network to a fiber-based ultra-broadband network, thereby increasing its access bandwidth, and helping to address voice and data service challenges. Deployment of the countrywide network will involve four million users.

By employing Huawei’s SingleFAN solution, the network will achieve a downlink rate of up to 100 Mbit/s per user, providing enhanced products and services including voice, data, and IPTV. 

Huawei’s end-to-end SingleFAN solution is ideally suited to both Telkom’s live network and future service requirements. The solution involves telecommunications equipment upgrades, remote intelligent site construction, line quality evaluation, and the deployment of broadband access equipment based on fiber or copper. 

Peng Song, Vice President of Huawei South Africa, said: “We are very excited to be part of the largest fixed network modernization project undertaken by Telkom. The close cooperation between our two companies highlights Huawei’s continued leadership in the access network field, and helps promote the development of the information industry in South Africa.”

Huawei is a market-leader in fixed networks with Huawei’s SingleFAN solution providing ultra-broadband access services to more than one-third of broadband users worldwide.