^ 'Fon global leader in managed WiFi, WiFi access worldwide'.^ 'Brand Journeys: MWeb – not quite 'just like that' '.'INTERNET SOLUTIONS FINALISES ACQUISITION OF MWEB'. The retail stores were closed at the end of March 2016, opting to move all of their sales online. The company initially had five retail stores. Mweb has 30% Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment shareholders. The ISP operates nationally, with its headquarters in Cape Town. Mweb is owned by Internet Solutions Digital (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Dimension Data. In July 2017, Mweb launched a selection of LTE Advanced products in partnership with Rain, a fixed wireless broadband provider. On, it was announced that the South African competition authorities approved the proposed acquisition of Mweb with being the effective date of the sale. In December 2016, Internet Solutions announced that it had entered an agreement with Naspers to acquire Mweb pending approval by the South African competition authorities. In addition the company sold its Mweb Business, Optinet and core network assets divisions to Internet Solutions, a division of Dimension Data. In 2015, the company was restructured to focus mainly on the residential and small business market. The company was later first to launch Uncapped ADSL in South Africa, in 2010, and brought the global Fon WiFi network to South Africa in 2014.Īlso in 2014, Mweb launched its first fiber-to-the-home packages. In 2006 its 3G mobile data offerings were launched and the company resold products from two of SA's largest mobile networks. A year later, the South African division of Italian-owned ISP Tiscali was acquired by Mweb. In 2004 it also launched Polka, a low cost ISP. As one of the first Internet Service Providers in South Africa, Mweb launched dial-up internet in South Africa with the Big Black Box in 1997, which was issued with a copy of tech expert Arthur Goldstuck's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet, the bestselling tech book in South Africa at the time.

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