Vodacom says it has signed lease agreements with third-party network infrastructure providers Fibrehoods, Openserve, Century City Connect, Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) to deliver Vodacom Fibre products.
This will give Vodacom access to pre-deployed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks, inclusive of access build and active equipment, which rapidly increases time to market.
"Earlier this year, Vodacom stated its intention to pass one million broadband fibre end-points within the next four years. In order to accelerate access to fibre services for our customers, we have partnered with third-party FTTH infrastructure providers for access to ready-built FTTH networks," according to Louisa van Beek, managing executive for FTTX (fibre-to-the-x) at Vodacom.
Vodacom now passes over 25 000 homes with its own fibre infrastructure, and the telco says, to date, it has invested R500 million in urban infrastructure.
"The roll-out of fibre remains a critical part of Vodacom's growth strategy. We anticipate significant growth in this area, and besides investing significantly in our own infrastructure, we will also continue to sign up additional third-party network infrastructure providers," says Van Beek.
Vodacom Fibre is currently available on DFA, Openserve, Vumatel, Fibrehoods, and soon will be added to the Century City Connect open access network, providing ultra-fast Internet access.
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