Nokia has added to its growing list of G.fast engagements with a
trial of the ultra-broadband technology in South Africa. Openserve,
the wholesale division of South Africa's Telkom SA Ltd. (NYSE/Johannesburg: TKG), has
put Nokia's G.fast gear to the test in Cape Town ahead of a planned
commercial deployment. Nokia claims to have completed more
than 40 G.fast trials around the world and have 10 customers
deploying the technology on a commercial basis, including BT's
access unit Openreach, A1 Telekom Austria and Frontier
Communications in the US, amongst others. (See Telkom Broadens Its Broadband Options With G.fast
Trial , Huawei, Nokia Land Initial G.fast Deals at BT's
Openreach and Eurobites: A1, Nokia Turn It Up to
11 .)