DFA scoops SatCom award

Local open access dark fibre infrastructure provider, Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), has been awarded the prestigious “Backhaul Provider of the Year 2013” at last week’s SatCom Awards.  SatCom 2013, Africa’s satellite, telecommunications and broadcast expo, was held...

Technology and the work-life balance

The number of mobile Internet devices is set to outnumber humans by the end of this year. This means there will be more smartphones and Internet-connected tablets and monitors than there are people on the planet, writes Joanne Bushell, VP: Africa for Regus. Africa...

Consensus top Ricoh distributor in SA

Consensus, a Ricoh SA Platinum Partner, has won distributor of the year at Ricoh SA’s annual Indirect Distributors Sales Conference held in Johannesburg recently. The distributor, which operates three branches, one in Rustenburg, another in Klerksdorp and a third in...

Strong African growth for mobile payments

Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will reach $235,4-billion in 2013, a 44% increase from 2012 values of $163,1-billion, according to Gartner. The number of mobile payment users worldwide will reach 245,2-million in 2013, up from 200,8-million in 2012....

Huawei launches FCoE interface

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of a next-generation Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE, FC-BB-6) interface in Huawei’s portfolio of storage systems. Based on VN2VN technology, the...