iBurst MWEB Partnership

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 29 October 2006

iBurst and MWEB have joined forces in a partnership that will result in bringing wireless broadband solutions to MWEB’s business and home customers.

Rudi Jansen, MWEB’s CEO, has expressed much wisdom in the following statement: ““As the Internet experts and having the variety of broadband options available, MWEB can give customers completely objective advice on the best solution for their needs as we won’t be pushing one kind of broadband at the expense of another. All the broadband options have different benefits and are suited to different applications and usage patterns, so we will assess these before advising a customer on the best solution.”

In all fairness to other ISPs it’s necessary to state that MWEB will not always advise customers on the best solution in terms of pricing. This might be seen as the under statement of the year. The iBurst MWEB partnership will however leave South Africans who choose MWEB as their preferred ISP with more choices. It will also give iBurst a boost in terms of new sign ups that’s necessary to sustain a continuous roll out of wireless broadband services throughout South Africa.

We hope that this partnership will result in lasting benefits to all ADSL users in South Africa. A reduction in overall wireless broadband pricing will be seen as the first example of such a lasting benefit.