Residential Estate Industry Journal REIJ 6 ARC Journal 2019 | Page 74

INDUSTRY FOCUS . . . Openserve, the Telkom Group’s redesigned wholesale division, is South Africa’s largest telecommunications infrastructure provider with the biggest fixed broadband network in the country. OPENSERVE, at the Heart of Connections A s South Africa’s National connectivity leader, Openserve, is the Infrastructure Provider to most corporates, businesses and Government. This infrastructure provider connects South Africa to each of its neighbouring countries with robust dual terrestrial fibre routes. Geared to meet the demands of South Africa, SADC and Sub Saharan Africa, Openserve also operates a fully redundant submarine fibre ring around the African continent. In the fibre deployment space this operator’s depth of skills and expertise remains unmatched in South Africa. This is due to its extensive experience in building, operating, monitoring and maintaining optic fibre networks for the last forty years. The Openserve Fibre Network is the largest fibre footprint in South Africa. In 2015, as the 74 INDUSTRY JOURNAL