Internet exchanges drive growth in Africa
The rise of the Internet eXchange Point (IXP) in Africa has been boosted by the exceptional growth of a home-grown peering exchange, NAPAfrica (IXP), over the past 12 months. Housed within Teraco, the largest provider of resilient, vendor neutral data centres in...Global server shipments grow, revenue slows
In the fourth quarter of 2013, worldwide server shipments grew 3,2% year-on-year, while revenue declined 6,6% from the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Gartner. In 2013, worldwide server shipments grew 2,1%, and server revenue declined 4,5%. “2013 presented...Metrofile benefits from expanded services
Metrofile Holdings has announced strong first half results with a 20% increase in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 14.4 cents for the six months ended 31 December 2013, driven by a solid performance across the group. Revenue increased by 11,5% to R314-million,...Free uncapped ADSL from OpenWeb
Local Internet service provider OpenWeb has extended its Everyday Uncapped promotion, offering new clients free access to the Everyday Uncapped ADSL package until the end of March 2014. Everyday Uncapped is one of the most affordable uncapped data products available...MTN SA expands LTE footprint to PE
MTN has brought its long term evolution (LTE) network to Port Elizabeth. LTE is a new generation network that offers high speeds and low latencies over long distances, theoretically able to support downloads at 300Mbps or more based on experimental trials. “To...