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An overview of our business
We are contracted to provide
network infrastructure services
which include fulfilment,
provisioning, maintenance and
assurance services to wholesale
clients and their customers.
Openserve represents an
open-access network and strives
to deliver high-quality connectivity
solutions and services. As a
connectivity provider, Openserve
plans, engineers, operates and
maintainsTelkom’s core and
access network. The wholesale
infrastructure connectivity division
was functionally separated from
Telkom, was launched under our
new brand Openserve in
October 2015.
A network allowing for wholesale access to electronic communications
network and electronic communications network services to licence holders
on terms that are reasonable, effective, transparent and non-discriminatory.
Open-access network
Openserve is South
Africa’s leading
wholesale infrastructure
connectivity provider
with the largest network
footprint across
South Africa.
Differentiating factors
Network
The unmatched scale and quality of Openserve’s next-generation
network creates a unique wholesale market differentiator.
> the largest high-speed fixed-broadband connectivity across
South Africa
> largest fibre footprint across national, metro and access with
more than 149 000 km of fibre installed
> optimised national transmission network capacity to enable
infrastructure connectivity growth across enterprise carrier,
consumer segments and global markets
> deepest network, connectivity services and communication
skills capacity
> extensive experience in design and deployment of network
Broadband solutions
Provision of reliable fixed-line
internet access
Optical and carrier solutions
Long-distance data distribution
network (backhaul)
Enterprise solutions
Business-specific connectivity
products and services
Infrastructure sharing
Passive telecommunications
infrastructure sharing, such
as towers
Products and services
Openserve offers a diverse range of products and services across the
connectivity value chain. It is the only large scale provider that delivers
large-scale integrated copper and fibre-based offerings over a high-speed
backhaul network.
Who is
Telkom
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