VH Fibre speaks about Prysmian Retractanetxs

They have been actively marketing Prysmian’s retractable cable solutions for the past 4 years.

VH Fibre Optics, Prysmian’s value added re-seller based in South Africa, introduced Prysmian Verticasa^xs and Retractanet^xs into the South African market about four years ago. These products were used extensively in their recent FTTx rollout projects.

VH Fibre, in collaboration with Vumatel, discovered that the Retractanet^xs solution was a solution that would suit their requirements, so in July 2014, they workshopped the details of exactly how they would roll out the first suburb. Since then Vumatel has passed 17.500 homes with an aggressive plan of 100.000 homes over the next year.

Niel Schoeman (CEO of Vumatel) said: “We needed an FTTH solution that was cost effective and which simplified the rollout. Prysmian’s Retractanet^xs solution showed significant savings when compared to conventional blown fibre. With the sudden boom in the FTTH industry in South Africa, skilled resources are limited. Retractanet^xs simplifies the installation process as well as reducing the time to install. Prysmian offered us a complete and tested solution in the form of Retractanet^xs and Verticasa^xs. Both the cable and associated connectivity provides us with a solution that meets our requirements.”

Retractanet^xs has been deployed successfully directly buried, aerial and into existing sleeves in leafy suburbs, gated communities and business parks. Verticasa^xs installed into MDU’s, hospitals and shopping malls with great success. These solutions have set the standard for FTTx deployments in South Africa.