These are the two minds behind South Africa’s biggest fibre network operator.
Niel Schoeman and Johan “Joe” Pretorius are the two masterminds behind South Africa’s biggest fibre-to-the-home network, Vumatel , which played a huge role in breaking Telkom’s fixed-line Internet monopoly.
After years of exploitative pricing and poor service supported by what was effectively a legalised monopoly, the Competition Tribunal ordered Telkom to spin off its networks and wholesale businesses in July 2013. Connecting homes with fibre in a visually appealing way would also require extensive digging and trenching — an expensive exercise.Its survey-based research proved there was sufficient demand and a willingness to pay for reliable connectivity in Parkhurst.
Schoeman grew up and was schooled in Welkom and Bloemfontein in the Free State. His parents were both teachers and helped instil the importance of education in their son. Birchman Group helped Dark Fibre Africa build one of the first private and independent terrestrial fibre networks in South Africa, used primarily for backhaul connectivity of LTE cellular towers.
There is little denying that in the decade since its first rollout, Vumatel has largely realised this vision.
Headline Johan Pretorius Niel Schoeman Vumatel Fibre
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