Ideas from the open access world.

The fiber market in the DACH region is entering a new phase. For years, one question sat at the center of every rollout conversation: how fast can operators build fiber. In 2027, a second question takes over: how efficiently can operators use, scale, and run the networks they have already built.

VX Fiber joins Digital Council Africa to contribute its expertise and support a more connected and inclusive digital future.

The Market is Changing Fiber markets are entering a structural transition. The industry’s primary source of value creation is shifting from expanding footprint, to extracting greater value from the footprint that already exists. It is now competing to monetize and scale networks that already exist. Investors and operators increasingly view revenue growth, utilization, and capital-efficient expansion as the primary source of value creation. Put simply retail providers are expanding subscriber growth by leveraging already built fiber networks via acquisition and partnership.

As South Africa’s fiber market continues to mature, operators are increasingly focused on improving asset utilization, accelerating customer activation, reducing operational costs, and simplifying the management of increasingly complex wholesale ecosystems. VX Fiber’s cloud-native VX Suite platform addresses these challenges by providing a vendor-agnostic operational platform that automates service delivery, streamlines partner onboarding, and enables operators to scale efficiently across multiple networks and service providers. 

VX Fiber becomes a Fiber Broadband Association member to help advance access to reliable broadband and digital equity

Network lifecycle management aligns people, processes and platforms across every stage of a fiber network: plan, build, activate, assure, optimize and refresh. Done well, it shortens time to service, improves SLAs, lowers cost to serve, and creates a transparent, neutral foundation for multi-ISP growth.

Fiber network management aligns people, processes and platforms to activate services faster, keep SLAs, and reduce cost-to-serve across multiple providers. Below we cover why it matters for municipalities, ISPs and investors — and the practical steps to scale operations without vendor lock-in.

As demand for faster, more reliable digital infrastructure grows, municipalities, service providers and network operators are rethinking how broadband networks are built and managed. One model is gaining strong momentum worldwide: the open access network. But what exactly does “open access” mean, and why is it considered the future of digital connectivity?

The UK government is in the throes of a post-pandemic recovery – with plans to ‘Build Back Better’ and a promise to ‘level-up’ all regions in the country. Its aim is to ensure there’s equal opportunity for economic growth and social development, such as access to jobs, education, healthcare and housing, for every citizen from John O’Groats to Lands’ End.