Cloud computing to boom in SA, Kenya

South Africa and Kenya have seen rapid development in cloud computing services on the back of expanding bandwidth capacities, following the landing of undersea cables. Enterprises are steadily embracing outsourcing and managed services for various business and...

Mimecast moves into Middle East, Africa

Overall IT spending in Africa is expected to total $33,4-billion over the next five years. With this fuelling its trajectory through the continent, Mimecast has partnered with Grove Group to launch Mimecast’s unified information management services into Africa and the...

4K UHDTV set for the mainstream

New research from Intelsat indicates that 4K ultra-high definition television (4K UHDTV) will become mainstream within 10 years. In fact, 42% of Intelsat’s survey respondents state that they have made a firm decision to launch a 4K UHDTV service and have a specific...

Healthy growth for Ethernet market

Ethernet switch market revenues reached $5,7-billion worldwide in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), representing an increase of 6,2% year-over-year and 8,1% quarter-over-quarter. Meanwhile, worldwide router market revenues declined -4% year-over-year despite growing...

Worldwide LAN market shows continued growth

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments grew 9,2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14). According to the preliminary results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

Cell C lashes out at Icasa over new rates

Cell C is disappointed by the “dramatic U-turn” Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) has made regarding mobile termination rates, saying it has reversed gains to “remedy the current market failure and promote competition in a duopolistic...