Mascom first to launch Fibre to the Home
Friday, February 23, 2018

The very first customer, to sign up for this service, Odirile Motlhale, commented that he was looking forward to fibre enabled high speed internet at guaranteed speeds and also have mobile data that could be shared by multiple users at his home.
In order to launch FTTH, a first for the Botswana telecommunications market, Mascom laid fibre in an area of Phakalane which covers approximately 500 Botswana Housing Corporation houses.
We are told of massive spin-offs for hosting countries, which we assume was the catalyst behind putting in the bid.We are not too sure if it is a one-size fits all, where any hosting nation reaps the benefits or it’s on a case-by-case basis.There are arguments from both ends, with hosting a sure way to accelerate infrastructure development and a guaranteed cash flow during the 30-days of the tournament.There is a bump in employment creation...