South Africa’s telco industry calls for tech firms to help fund infrastructure

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s telecoms industry body is pushing for digital content and service providers to help pay for the roll out of network infrastructure because they generate a huge part of the internet traffic.

The Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi said that the revenues generated by over-the-top (OTT) platforms and the continued success of the OTT model was dependent on the availability of high-quality, reliable and efficient network infrastructure.

So “what we’re saying is that the OTTs should contribute towards the network upgrades, the network building,” she added.