WATCH: Vodacom and Remgro announce fibre partnership
Business Day TV spoke to CIVH chair Pieter Uys about the Vodacom-Remgro deal
11 November 2021 - 09:05
byBusiness Day TV
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Pieter Uys: Significant opportunities ahead. Picture: Robert Tshabalala
Remgro and Vodacom have entered into a deal that involve the two entities combining their fibre businesses to improve access to high-speed internet for SA’s lower-income consumers.
Under the deal, Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), whose biggest shareholder is Remgro with 57%, will transfer its fibre assets Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and Vumatel into a newly created entity, Infraco.
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WATCH: Vodacom and Remgro announce fibre partnership
Business Day TV spoke to CIVH chair Pieter Uys about the Vodacom-Remgro deal
Remgro and Vodacom have entered into a deal that involve the two entities combining their fibre businesses to improve access to high-speed internet for SA’s lower-income consumers.
Under the deal, Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), whose biggest shareholder is Remgro with 57%, will transfer its fibre assets Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and Vumatel into a newly created entity, Infraco.
Business Day TV spoke to CIVH chair Pieter Uys for more detail about the deal.
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