MTN makes Mangale appointment official

As reported on IT-Online last month, MTN South Africa has appointed Alpheus Mangale as the chief enterprise officer, effective 1 December. Mangale joins MTN from Cisco where he was the Managing Director of the South African operation. He replaces Kanagaratnam “Lambo”...

DiData puts G20 leaders in the cloud

Dimension Data successfully delivered the first ever cloud-enabled G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane, Australia. Dimension Data provided the infrastructure and wireless networking services that kept more than 7 000 world leaders, delegates and media connected during the...

Kenya commits to digital switchover

Kenya has issued a confirmed schedule for migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT), a move expected to be completed by early next year. Tom Phillips, chief regulatory officer of the GSMA, comments: “The GSMA congratulates the government of Kenya...

Algeria to roll out ultra-broadband network

Alcatel-Lucent and Ooredoo Algeria, a subsidiary of Ooredoo group, have built a high-capacity optical transport network to connect Algeria’s mains cities of Algiers, Constantine and Oran – as well as smaller cities – with high-speed ultra broadband mobile...

Connection Telecom adds data centre

Connection Telecom has moved into a second data centre in The Great Westerford, Newlands, Cape Town, mirroring its primary hosted platform in Gauteng for unmatched service assurance, performance and value. CEO Dave Meintjes says the move to dual data centre redundancy...