Android powers past 80% market share

Google’s Android operating system reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. With a total base of 211,6-million smartphone units shipped during...

FibreCo completes national fibre rollout

FibreCo Telecommunications has completed a fibre optic network interconnecting Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town, providing the shortest and fastest optical fibre connectivity between these cities. The achievement comes about two years after...

The downside of free WiFi

As the public and private sector strive to deliver Internet access to all, WiFi hotspots present a viable solution to the challenge of cost-effectively delivering access to the many. Free WiFi was recently rolled out in parts of Cape Town, for example, with free or...

Alcatel-Lucent, YooMee roll out African LTE

Alcatel-Lucent will enable YooMee Africa, a high-speed Internet service provider in Cameroon, to expand into new African market by offering TDD LTE ultra-broadband wireless access. YooMee – previously known as 4G Africa – provides high-speed reliable...