Vodacom, a South African company that provides connectivity, digital, and financial services, recently broke a local record by getting internet speeds of 2.4 Gbps throughput in a 5G test on a live site. This was the first time this had ever been done in the country. Vodacom also launched South Africa’s first 2G, 3G, and 4G networks.
The study was done with a commercial smartphone. The commercial base stations’ network is built for better end-user experiences. It can provide exceptionally fast internet speeds. Because of these things, telecommunications companies are very interested in it and are willing to pay billions of dollars for it.
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Vodacom can greatly improve its network’s speed and capacity by using 5G technology and the right frequency bands.
Ultra-high-speed will let 4IR be used in many different ways, and customers will get even better services. It offers a wide range of communication services to 130 million customers, including Safaricom. These include data, mobile and fixed voice, messaging, financial services, enterprise IT, and converged services.
It offers a wide range of communication services to 130 million customers, including Safaricom. These services include data, mobile and fixed voice, messaging, financial services, enterprise IT, and converged services.
At the moment, the company does business in Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Its mobile networks cover a population of over 303 million people. Vodacom Business Africa (VBA) helps large, medium, and small businesses in 48 countries manage their business needs.
Also, the company’s new Technology 2025 strategy emphasises using scaled platforms to give customers what they want and bring in more money.