- About Us
BACKGROUND
Vulatel has been in operation since 2017. We acquired Dimension Data’s fibre and wireless division (formerly Plessey South Africa) and integrated their highly experienced teams, key assets and anchor clients into our existing operation.
We have continued to add to our know-how by acquiring Gio Construction. Gio is a provider of network deployment and maintenance services with over 30 years’ experience with key national operators.
MISSION AND VISION
MISSION
To converge technology, people, infrastructure, systems and services through tailored solutions to help our clients build their digital tomorrows.
VISION
To be the leading network construction solutions provider and a partner of choice for connectivity and maintenance in Africa.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
TLHABELI RALEBITSO
DIRECTOR
Business acceleration specialist with 20 years experience in sectors including telecoms, financial services, energy and manufacturing.
JP CROUSE
DIRECTOR
Enterprise builder with 24 years’ operational and management experience in telecoms.
LOUISA VAN BEEK
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Operational execution professional with 25 years management experience in energy, broadcasting and telecommunications.
ERNEST ELS
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Business operations leader with over 32 years’ experience in the telecommunications, transportation and sheet metal manufacture industries. Led Gio Construction for the last 13 years.
TEAMS
Vulatel has the capacity to construct new networks, modify existing installations and maintain current infrastructure. Our teams include over 300 highly skilled telecommunications professionals from engineers to riggers and splicers.
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Build Teams
Our comprehensive project management offering takes projects from conception, design and permitting through implementation and completion to handover. We have built enduring relationships with trusted and approved subcontractors, who between them add over 16 wireless teams and over 50 fibre teams.
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Maintenance Teams
Vulatel teams have successfully managed long-term maintenance contracts for clients’ critical infrastructure in the commercial, industrial and domestic markets. Our portfolio includes over 8 000km of long-haul and metro fibre and over 3 700 broadband wireless installations.
We carry out both scheduled maintenance and prompt, proactive repairs. Through our strong and lasting client partnerships, Vulatel consistently achieves >99.98% network availability. We are committed to continuous network uptime improvements and reduced overall maintenance costs through the seamless integration of our project management, maintenance and inspection teams.
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Subcontractors
Vulatel works with four large subcontractors who provide over 16 teams across 7 regions to guarantee the availability of project execution skills.
Our subcontractors are vetted by ourselves together with our key clients to be fully health and safety compliant and to meet a minimum Level 4 B-BBEE rating. We also strongly believe in the empowerment of local communities. We recruit and provide ongoing training to smaller regional subtractors in locations in which we execute installation and maintenance projects.
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Safety, Health and Environment
The health and safety of our staff and the communities in which we work will always be our priority. We are fully compliant with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and open to our clients’ vetting processes.
Vulatel’s in-house staff and subcontractor training entrenches a safety mindset and safe work practices. Every Vulatel project begins with an assessment of the potential risk to environmental and cultural resources. Our commitment to minimal environmental impact means we respond quickly and appropriately in the event of any incident.