5G hits Jhb, Pta β Technology leapfrog delivering 700MB download speeds
The mass media have have paid little attention, but those with their fingers on the tech pulse hailed a breakthrough this week when the data-only mobile network Rain launched 5G into parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria. This is the first 5G offering on the African continent and among the few launched worldwide. Rain CEO Willem Roos joined us on Rational Radio this week to explain how 5G is a massive improvement on existing broadband options of ADSL and even Fibre β delivering minimum download speeds of 200MB/sec with up to 700MB/sec measured. Rain is quietly rolling out its network, offering it to parts of Gauteng as a first step.
Willem Roos joins us now. He's the man who founded OUTsurance and has moved across into a completely different area. Today we celebrate β with him β the launch of 5G in South Africa. We haven't seen each other for a while but I've been following your progress. Any significance in this lucky day number 18 launching 5G into South Africa? One of the first in the world and the first on the continent.
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