Telkom debuts VDSL products

Telkom Internet will next week (4 March) launch VDSL-based broadband products that will let customers experience speeds of up to 20Mbps and 40Mbps. Telkom MD: Consumer Services and Retail, Manelisa Mavuso, says the development of these products will improve the...

Massive telco opportunities in Africa

The African telecommunications market offers massive opportunities for growth, especially in the IP networking and subscriber management sectors.  This is according to three6five CEO Tyrone Carroll, who adds: “The African telecommunications market is still in the...

MWEB launches VDSL products

MWEB has launched six new connectivity products that take advantage of the introduction of VDSL (Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line) technology in South Africa.  The new products, designed to cater for the different connectivity requirements of large and small...

MTN repackages BlackBerry BIS

MTN has announced that, as of 1 March 2013, the R59 BlackBerry BIS package on its network will be known as BlackBerry Absolute. As part of the new BlackBerry Absolute Plan, for R59, MTN customers will continue to enjoy all the benefits and features that come with...

Intracom supplies wireless system to IS

Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunications systems vendor, has partnered with Communication Solutions (Comsol), a system integrator and distributor of wireless broadband infrastructure in South Africa, to supply Internet Solutions (IS) with Intracom Telecom’s...

Eyes on African utilities

Eskom chief executive Brian Dames will once again deliver the keynote address during this year’s opening session of African Utility Week in Cape Town on 14 May. About 5 000 power professionals from all over the continent meet at this event every year, at what is the...