Telkom switches on IMS core
Continuing on its quest to transform to an all IP network through its Network Transformation programme, Telkom’s new Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core has now been switched on. The company says that this move towards an all IP Converged Core Network is...Mixed Q2 results for switches and routers
Worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) revenues reached $5,4-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), representing a year-over-year decline of -1,1%, says IDC. On a sequential basis, the 2Q13 results increased 2,7% over a seasonally weaker first quarter....Windows 8.1 released to manufacturers
Responding rapidly to the lukewarm uptake of its Windows 8 platform, Microsoft yesterday announced it has released Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 to its hardware partners. “Windows 8.1 is a significant update, delivered in a very short time frame, which continues the...Telkom in local ‘Mega Challenge’
Telkom has launched what it terms an Open Innovation “Mega Challenge” to all South African innovators, calling on them to think innovatively about Telkom. The company has invited all small and medium business, universities, research institutes, not-for-profit...Seacom boosts Kenyan innovators
Pan-African service provider Seacom has given 100Mbps of Internet connectivity to four innovation centres in Kenya to enhance their capacity to generate local content for a global audience. The centres – iHub, m:Lab, naiLab and 88mph – will now benefit...