Consumers don’t benefit from lower costs
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton – Reduced connectivity costs are not being passed on to consumers in Africa. This is the word from Eric Osiakwan, director of the West Africa Backhaul Company (WABco), speaking at this morning’s SatCom conference in Sandton. One...Satellite evolves to meet connectivity needs
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton – Around the world today, most people require connectivity – and satellite is one way that this can be accomplished. What’s needed, says Martin Griffin, senior engineer: Space Service Department of the ITU, is to establish a...IT spend slows in emerging markets
Worldwide IT spending will increase by 4,1% in constant currency this year, down from a previous forecast of 4,6% – and also down from last year’s growth of 4,5%. According to The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book, IT spending has been...Vodacom clinches R7bn Neotel deal
It’s official: Vodacom is to buy Neotel for R7-billion. Shareholders of the two organisations today announced they have favourably concluded an agreement on the commercial structure and terms to proceed for Vodacom to acquire 100% of the shares of Neotel valued at an...Marketers struggle to re-invent themselves
While two in five (40%) marketers stated that they want to reinvent themselves, only 14% of those marketers actually know how to go about it. This is according to research released from Adobe, Digital Roadblock: Marketers Struggle to Reinvent Themselves, based on a...