According to William Stucke, councillor at Icasa, SA is currently in the situation where the main owner of fibre in the country is Telkom, with some 108 000km of cable laid. The next closest is a private operator, with less than 20 000km of fibre put down.

IDC analyst Spiwe Chireka asks how feasible it is for SA to develop a competitive fibre connectivity market under such monopolistic circumstances and what action needs to be taken to ameliorate the situation.