More suburbs, such as Sharonlea and Olivedale have chosen Vumatel for their fibre optics.
According to chairperson of the Central Sharonlea Resident’s Forum (CSRF) Richard Shuttle, the introduction of FTTH is set to change the residents’ daily electronic interactions considerably, and also add to their everyday lives and vastly improve security surveillance capabilities.
“We are entering exciting times with the introduction of FTTH,” Shuttle said.
He added, “The CSRF along with its immediate neighbours are proud to be the pioneers of this new initiative being introduced by Vumatel in the Randburg area.”
According to Giorgio Iovino, sales director at Vumatel, they are currently installing in Saxonwold, Parkwood, Riviera and Killarney.
The installations in Victory Park, Linden, Bryanston South and Blairgowrie are scheduled to begin in October.
“With these new suburbs we will have provided services to over 30 000 homes by February next year,” said Iovino.
“The support from communities has been fantastic,” said Niel Schoeman, CEO of Vumatel.
He added that they are currently making their infrastructure available to around 2 000 additional homes a month and still ramping up delivery thereof.
They are also in discussions with new suburbs every day.
“Based on demand, we will need to make services available to a further 100 000 homes next year. This demand has resulted in us making a decision to release new areas on our portal so residents can show their support,” recounted Schoeman.
For residents in the newly announced areas that have not yet expressed their interest, Vumatel has given them an option to show their support at [www.vumatel.co.za].
Once enough interest has been gathered from residents in the new suburbs, Vumatel will commit to roll out fibre in 2016.
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