{"id":229857,"date":"2017-09-27T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T12:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=229857"},"modified":"2017-09-27T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T14:54:03","slug":"vast-networks-planning-aggressive-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/229857-vast-networks-planning-aggressive-growth.html","title":{"rendered":"VAST Networks planning aggressive growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vast.network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VAST Networks<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0plans to aggressively grow its Wi-Fi coverage over the next 12 months, strengthening its position as the preferred Wi-Fi provider in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The company is an open-access Wi-Fi network infrastructure provider, delivering carrier-grade Wi-Fi in Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>VAST Networks was established in 2015 as a joint venture between Dimension Data and Naspers, which own 51% and 49% of the company respectively.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/228177-vodacom-in-talks-to-buy-vast-networks-sources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the company is in discussions<\/strong><\/a> regarding a potential acquisition, but this is not slowing it down.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">25,000 access points<\/h3>\n<p>VAST Networks currently has over 25,000 access points in 2,000 locations, and covers 10 million square metres of indoor space.<\/p>\n<p>The operator is also growing its outdoor precinct coverage, and plans to double the number of locations where it operates in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>While VAST did not reveal exact user numbers, it said the VAST portal attracts over 1.8 million unique visitors per month.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge for Wi-Fi hotspot providers is to develop a sustainable business model, which produces enough revenue for operations and network growth.<\/p>\n<p>VAST said its revenue continues to grow through offering its open-access platform to telecommunications companies and retail brands.<\/p>\n<p>This allows companies to tailor their own Wi-Fi offerings, which can give them a competitive advantage in the market.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/225306-watch-showmax-with-no-data-charges-at-vast-wi-fi-hotspots.html\">Watch Showmax with no data charges at VAST Wi-Fi hotspots<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAST Networks has over 25,000 access points in 2,000 locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":222183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1691,35,1643,36886],"class_list":["post-229857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-dimension-data","tag-headline","tag-naspers","tag-vast-networks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230009,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229857\/revisions\/230009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}