Broadband 'rural roll-out must go to tender'

There is mounting concern in the telecommunications industry that the government is planning to award a R750-million broadband project to Telkom to connect 5,000 government facilities in rural areas without first going out on a competitive tender. In an interview on Friday, Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub said it would not be in the government's best interest to award a contract without going through a competitive process.