Madam Speaker, friends and former friends, the state-owned enterprise Infraco has provided and expanded its cable connectivity services with their nationwide network as a strategic infrastructural asset to South Africa.
This aims to drive down our telecommunications costs in the country. The fast connection, using fibre-optic cables linking our domestic long- distance network points, has been added to strengthen our network coverage while the full-service network was already in operation at the end of 2007.
This infrastructure, with its lower-cost implications, will benefit our economy in a manner that will have numerous positive spin-offs. The ANC and its government are committed to bringing better services to our people and will continuously monitor Infraco's mandate in order to bring down our telecommunication costs. Thank you.