Victory Park, Linden, Bryanston South and Blairgowrie are the next four Johannesburg suburbs part of the telecoms start-up, Vumatel fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network expansion.
Installation will start towards the end of the year.
Vumatel FTTH is already available in the suburbs of Parkhurst, Greenside and Parktown North, soon to be joined by Killarney, Riviera, Saxonwold and Parkwood when construction commences this month.
Niel Schoeman, CEO of Vumatel says: "Together with the newly announced suburbs, this brings the tally to eleven confirmed 'fibrehoods' within the relatively short time since announcing the Parkhurst endorsement in July 2014."
The FTTH rollout in South Africa has been met with great interest from not only residents and business, but technology commentators too.
"With Vumatel expanding its reach from one suburb to the next, to cover an ever-increasing expanse of suburban Johannesburg, we are seeing nothing less than the emergence of an alternative communications network in the city", says MD of World Wide Worx and Victory Park resident Arthur Goldstuck.
"The expanse of both our installed and planned network clearly reflects the demand for world class broadband connectivity. We see an increasing number of suburbs pledging their support for Vumatel, and we look forward to bringing the benefits of fibre not only to the newly announced suburbs, but to all those that will be joining us on our journey in the near future," concludes Schoeman.
Over 40 suburbs are in a race against each other to become the next Vumatel 'fibrehood'. More details are available on the company's Web site.
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