Dark Fibre Africa plans ZAR2 billion rollout

The South Africa-based firm Dark Fibre Africa says it is investing ZAR2 billion (USD238 million) in the deployment of a fibre-optic network by 2010. The firm has already rolled out more than 200km of fibre network in the country’s major metropolitan areas. It offers network capacity to third-party carriers which target end users with advanced broadband communications services, Telecompaper reports.