Company using drones to deploy 100Mbps fibre for 1 million homes in South Africa

• Fibre company Fibertime acquires drone company to deploy 100Mbps fibre for 1 million homes in South Africa
• Fibre company Fibertime was started by former iBurst and Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig Jr, who launched the project to provide uncapped fibre to townships in South Africa in late 2022, and has since expanded to connect 521,000 homes
• Fibre company Fibertime plans to use drones to create accurate ground data for network planning, and has already spent millions on drone surveys