A third of Vodacom’s network has no power at any given point

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A third of Vodacom’s network has no power at any given point
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To make matters worse, demand for mobile data soars during loadshedding. Moneyweb Vodacom

Vodacom has revealed the shocking impact that constant elevated levels of load shedding is wreaking on the country’s mobile networks. In the last two quarters , the average grid availability to its more than 9 550 towers has been around 67%. This means that at any given point in time around a third of its sites are not being supplied by power from Eskom or municipalities. Read: Vodacom plans fibre expansion when R13.

Vodacom is pinning some of its hopes on a “virtual wheeling” pilot project, which it remains confident will be “signed off in the near term” with Eskom. This will allow it to source electricity from independent renewable power producers. The complexity of its network – with more than 15 000 low-voltage sites in 168 municipalities – has prevented it from using standard wheeling to procure power from renewable generators.

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