The internet service provider targets adding one million homes to its footprint in the next two years, says CEO Van Zyl Botha.

Fibertime, the pay-as-you-go township fibre network founded by serial telecoms entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig, has reaveled that it has recorded download speeds of 1Gbit/s on its network in Alexandra, ...

The former head of iBurst and Mxit, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr, joined us in studio to discuss his new book, as well as the announcement of Herotel - a new Wireless Internet Provider aimed at getting more ...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has approved the licence transfer application of Herotel to Maziv subsidiary Vumatel. Maziv told ITWeb that ICASA approved the licence ...

Herotel is currently South Africa’s third-largest fibre network operator behind Vumatel and Openserve. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has approved the licence ...

With many South Africans leaning into hybrid work and working from home, connectivity to the household is more important than ever. While there are a number of internet service providers (ISPs), all ...

Herotel, an internet service provider operating in Thembisa, has awarded a resident from Moedi Section a brand-new car as part of its Herotel Vuka Summer Competition. On February 6, the company handed ...

In this interview, Botha unpacks the history of Herotel and explains how it grew to become South Africa’s largest ISP.

The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the proposed acquisition of fibre provider Herotel by Vumatel. The recommendation was made with conditions to address ...

Herotel grew from South Africa’s twelfth to its third–largest fibre network operator in two years, with most of the homes on its network in townships. The company announced a major fibre push in 2021, ...