{"id":26415,"date":"2019-11-18T09:03:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/18\/sentech-launches-new-broadband-service-in-sa\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:42:18","slug":"sentech-launches-new-broadband-service-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/sentech-launches-new-broadband-service-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentech Launches New Broadband Service in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 16-11-2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Africa\u2019s biggest digital content services provider, Sentech, is pushing forward to meet the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) head-on with its new broadband offering, Sentech Connect.<\/p>\n<p>Sentech launched its broadband offering last week at AfricaCom in Cape Town, the biggest Information Communications and Technology exhibition on the continent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The broadband offering which will range from a bandwidth of 10mbps-100mbps, allows for the creation of Smart Classrooms; Smart City Services; Smart Clinics and Hospitals; the Internet of Things (IoT), and Public Safety Initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sentech CEO Mlamli Booi Booi says theey will accelerate connecting the whole country to the high-speed communications infrastructure by 2030, placing South Africa on the path of meeting the National Development Plan\u2019s targets of creating a truly inclusive information society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs the world progresses towards becoming more digitised and connected, we also need tools that can harness connectivity, bettering the lives of South Africans through reliability and convenience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Booi says Sentech Connect will digitise healthcare, education and government services in underserviced and rural areas, bridging the digital divide with fast reliable broadband connectivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the World Economic Forum\u2019s study on Future Jobs, nearly 50% of companies expect that automation will lead to some reduction in their full-time workforce by 2022, based on the job profiles of their employee base today. <\/p>\n<p>However, 38% of businesses surveyed expect to extend their workforce to new productivity-enhancing roles, and more than a quarter expect automation to lead to the creation of new roles in their enterprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 16-11-2019 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) \u00a0 South Africa\u2019s biggest digital content services provider, Sentech, is pushing forward to meet the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) head-on with its new broadband offering, Sentech Connect. 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