DARK Fibre Africa (DFA) was keen to buy state-owned Broadband Infraco and would consider participating in the process once the government had taken its decision, it said on Thursday.The government has been looking at rationalising and selling non-performing state-owned entities including Broadband Infraco, which provides high-speed fixed-line infrastructure.DFA’s chief strategy officer, Reshaad Sha, said the company would consider participating should the state-owned entity come up for sale, as it would widen its coverage nationally."DFA has been concentrating on building metro networks, but to have large-scale coverage, we will need to partner with a player that has national, long-distance coverage," he said.Broadband Infraco confirmed recently that it had received letters of interest, but did not disclose from which companies. According to Bloomberg, Vodacom is also interested in buying the company.DFA deploys fibre optic cables and sells capacity to a variety of clients including...
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