Small town-focused Herotel has quietly grown into South Africa’s third-biggest fibre network operator (FNO). The company recently told MyBroadband the number of homes it had passed with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity reached over 562,000 by the end of September 2023.
Small town-focused Herotel has quietly grown into South Africa ’s third-biggest fibre network operator ( FNO ). The company recently told MyBroadband the number of homes it had passed with fibre-to-the-home ( FTTH ) connectivity reached over 562,000 by the end of September 2023. By the same date, its next-nearest competitors MetroFibre and Frogfoot had passed 475,000 and 362,000 homes.
These two companies had been trading blows for the status of third-biggest FNO because Herotel’s reported numbers were believed to have included its wireless coverage. The FNO has now clarified that this was not the case and that its homes passed figure only factored in FTTH customers. Only the two heavyweights of Vumatel and Openserve had more homes passed with FTTH by September 2023. Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha attributed part of Herotel’s recent successes to backing by Vumatel parent CIVH, which acquired a 45% stake in the company in February 2022. “Herotel has been extremely fortunate to have new shareholders and a board that has supported us every step of the way,” the company sai
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