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12 Oct 2026Cloud repatriation is selective: are your workloads running in the right place?Cloud repatriation is not a retreat from public cloud. Greg Bayliss-Lane on why the real question is where each workload should run, and five questions to ask first.11 Oct 2026Private cloud, hosted in South Africa, for workloads that don’t belong in public cloudFirstNet’s private cloud runs on VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V in South African data centres, so businesses can move existing workloads without a large migration project and keep control of where their data lives.11 Oct 2026Managed EDR from FirstNet: endpoint detection and response, run for youFirstNet runs endpoint detection and response as a managed service: endpoints watched around the clock, threats contained and removed, and FirstNet’s team responding when an alert is raised.05 Aug 2026FirstNet launches Enterprise LEO Satellite Internet for businesses across South AfricaFirstNet has launched its new Enterprise LEO Satellite Internet Business Plans, giving businesses access to reliable, high speed internet connectivity in areas where traditional fibre and fixed wireless services are…01 Aug 2026FirstCoreAI launches a sovereign AI Factory for South African businessesFirstNet has launched FirstCoreAI and its AI Factory: GPU-powered AI inference in FirstNet’s South African data centre, so prompts, documents and outputs stay in South Africa under South African law.10 Mar 2025Yeastar names FirstNet South Africa’s number one hosting partnerYeastar has recognised the FirstNet Voice team as South Africa’s number one hosting partner for Yeastar Cloud PBX, backed by FirstNet’s SIP trunks, network interconnects and 24x7 support.29 May 2024FirstNet is the first client on the 2Africa cable between Durban and Cape TownWIOCC has connected FirstNet to the Durban–Cape Town segment of the 2Africa subsea cable, the first client locally or internationally on that segment, giving customers a more resilient, low-latency route.
FirstNet in the media
TechCentral · 2024FirstNet leverages WIOCC 2Africa cable for unprecedented connectivity TechCentral · 2024WIOCC and 2Africa: an alternative to national long-distance fibre (TCS+ podcast) PR Newswire · 2025Yeastar honours partners worldwide at the Yeahs Awards 2025 MyBroadbandYeastar cloud solutions are propelling FirstNet to impressive heights Africa Outlook · 2022FirstNet Technology Services: connectivity comes first ITWeb · 2021FirstNet broadens its security offering with EDR solution from Fortinet