World Wide Worx in a common venture with Cisco conducted The Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study and has in its findings that there is an increase of more than 50% in the number of South Africans using broadband internet connection wherein, the number for wireless broadband has arisen almost three times in comparison with the number for fixed broadband lines.
The study attributed the growth of the fixed broadband connections to the up gradation to ADSL of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) making access for new half-a-million small offices workers.
With the deployment of 3G cards, the wireless broadband users have increased by 88%mostly including the corporate users.
The enhanced ability to collaborate and share information is expected to enhance greatly the productivity and profitability across the region.
Talking about the impact of the current cable projects coming into operation, the World Wide Worx revealed that the increase would have been 150 times over 2008 making the capacity 1 690Gbps at the end of 2009, 5 410Gbps at the end of 2010 and 14 770Gbps in 2011.
According to the study, the sparking increase of 18% in service providers and number of internet access has been caused due to the availability of new licenses and fibre access.
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Arthur Goldstuck, Managing Director of World Wide Worx said that despite wireless broadband being expensive and of inferior quality when compared to fixed broadband, the sales have gone up tremendously due to convenient and flexible services.
He also added that the mix of new undersea cables and terrestrial fibre-optic networks clearly depicts the transition to next generation connectivity for both fixed and wireless connectivity. The customer access equipment for users and economical availability of access for non-users are now the missing ingredients.
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