Tech Start-Up Dark Fibre Africa Aims To Maintain The Metro And Long Haul Telecommunications Traffic
Tech Start-Up Dark Fibre Africa Aims To Maintain The Metro And Long Haul Telecommunications Traffic. DFA finances, builds, installs, manages, and maintains a world-class dark fibre network to transmit metro and long-haul telecommunications traffic in South Africa. The company started rolling out its network in South African cities during October 2007.
The company has invested over R10 billion and installed close to 14,000 kilometres of fibre infrastructure nationwide. It leases its secure transmission and backbone fibre infrastructure to telecommunications operators, Internet service providers, media conglomerates, tertiary education institutions, municipalities, government organizations, and other businesses, large and small, on equal terms. All its clients have access to the same dark fibre infrastructure with the industry-leading reliability and almost limitless capacity. Open-access dark fibre empowers its clients to scale up their operations without spending large sums of money to expand their infrastructure. This enables small and medium enterprises to compete with larger players in the market and supports a vibrant, sustainable local SME sector.
Dark Fibre Africa’s open-access managed services lower the barriers to entry for those service providers who wish to get their customers connected as quickly and easily as possible. In contrast to its dark-fibre offerings, customers don’t need to provide their own equipment. The company provides everything, and it ensures that it remains up and running. One of the company’s major goals is to power smarter South African cities that are cheaper to conduct business in. It’s headquarters are in Irene, Centurion, with regional offices in Durban and Cape Town. The company’s state-of-the-art network monitoring centre in Rivonia, Johannesburg, provides round-the-clock monitoring and maintenance to ensure that its network remains up and running 24/7.
DFA’s leadership team consists of experts from a diverse range of fields and backgrounds. Each of its executive committee members are leaders in their spheres of influence and come with a wealth of knowledge and experience. They bring this to bear in everything the company does and in how it proceeds as a business. One thing that its leaders all have in common is that they are passionate about developing telecommunications in South Africa, while uplifting and empowering local communities.
