Following news that Vox Telecom is no longer for sale, the South African telecoms
operator which offers voice and data services, has announced plans to build a fibre-
optic network to provide its business customers with high-speed broadband in cities
countrywide.
The roll-out is the start of a five-year strategy to invest in network infrastructure and
grow the company as a strong competitor in the local telecoms industry. According to
a report by Duncan McLeod of TechCentral, Vox CEO Jacques du Toit stated that the
company had no intention of being a terrestrial fibre operator like Dark Fibre Africa or
a submarine cable operator like Seacom.”We will slowly deploy infrastructure to our
customers, starting with 100Mbit/s fibre circuits,’ said du Toit.
Deployment begins in major cities such as Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town,
progressing to smaller towns such as Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and Polokwane, and
later to areas such as Mmabatho, Upington and Kimberley.
Source: TechCentral
