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Algeria to roll out ultra-broadband network
Alcatel-Lucent and Ooredoo Algeria, a subsidiary of Ooredoo group, have built a high-capacity optical transport network to connect Algeria’s mains cities of Algiers, Constantine and Oran - as well as smaller cities - with high-speed ultra broadband mobile access. The...
Connection Telecom adds data centre
Connection Telecom has moved into a second data centre in The Great Westerford, Newlands, Cape Town, mirroring its primary hosted platform in Gauteng for unmatched service assurance, performance and value. CEO Dave Meintjes says the move to dual data centre redundancy...
Companies look outward for HR support
South African companies are increasingly looking towards external payroll and human resources (HR) consultants to help them maximise the performance of their workforces, attract and retain the best talent, and align their HR departments better with their business...
Ghana joins Better Than Cash Alliance
The Government of Ghana joined the Better Than Cash Alliance to enhance fiscal transparency and promote financial inclusion for all its citizens. By becoming an Alliance member, the Government commits to transition government programmes from cash to digital payments....
Ericsson wins Volvo award
Ericsson is pleased to announce that it has received the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence Award in recognition of its commitment to deliver and maintain Volvo Cars’ high standards and requirements on quality. Volvo Cars has launched cloud-enabled connected car services...
Dynamic Spectrum Alliance grows
AirTies, Aruba Networks, ATDI, Broadcom and Saankhya Labs are the latest members to join the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, with Broadcom and Aruba Networks being elected to its board of directors. The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance welcomes new members as it continues to...
BYOD and beyond
With the increasing fragmentation of the mobile device ecosystem, companies that have permitted employees to bring and work on their own smartphones or tablets have found it difficult to manage the vast array of devices that run on different platforms and...
Affordable broadband for Karoo users
Karoo farmers in the area of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be able to access affordable broadband that won’t interfere with the sensitive radio telescopes used by both the existing MeerKAT and upcoming SKA projects. Because the radio telescopes are sensitive...
Nanodiamonds read quantum data
Quantum computing could soon become a mainstream reality, with the news that nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamonds could be used to construct vital components for quantum computers. Before now it has been impossible to read optically-written information from quantum computers electronically. Now, using a graphene layer, a team of scientists headed by Professor Alexander Holleitner of the Technische Universität München (TUM) has implemented a read unit that seems to work.
Thomson Wilks to deal in bitcoins
Thomson Wilks has become the first law firm in South Africa to accept bitcoins from its clients as a means of payment, enabled by bitcoin investment company Voomar. Thomson Wilks believes it has changed the legal landscape with its business model. Specialist attorneys...
MTN makes Mangale appointment official
As reported on IT-Online last month, MTN South Africa has appointed Alpheus Mangale as the chief enterprise officer, effective 1 December. Mangale joins MTN from Cisco where he was the Managing Director of the South African operation. He replaces Kanagaratnam “Lambo”...
DiData puts G20 leaders in the cloud
Dimension Data successfully delivered the first ever cloud-enabled G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane, Australia. Dimension Data provided the infrastructure and wireless networking services that kept more than 7 000 world leaders, delegates and media connected during the...
Kenya commits to digital switchover
Kenya has issued a confirmed schedule for migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT), a move expected to be completed by early next year. Tom Phillips, chief regulatory officer of the GSMA, comments: “The GSMA congratulates the government of Kenya...
Algeria to roll out ultra-broadband network
Alcatel-Lucent and Ooredoo Algeria, a subsidiary of Ooredoo group, have built a high-capacity optical transport network to connect Algeria’s mains cities of Algiers, Constantine and Oran - as well as smaller cities - with high-speed ultra broadband mobile access. The...
Connection Telecom adds data centre
Connection Telecom has moved into a second data centre in The Great Westerford, Newlands, Cape Town, mirroring its primary hosted platform in Gauteng for unmatched service assurance, performance and value. CEO Dave Meintjes says the move to dual data centre redundancy...
Companies look outward for HR support
South African companies are increasingly looking towards external payroll and human resources (HR) consultants to help them maximise the performance of their workforces, attract and retain the best talent, and align their HR departments better with their business...
Ghana joins Better Than Cash Alliance
The Government of Ghana joined the Better Than Cash Alliance to enhance fiscal transparency and promote financial inclusion for all its citizens. By becoming an Alliance member, the Government commits to transition government programmes from cash to digital payments....
Ericsson wins Volvo award
Ericsson is pleased to announce that it has received the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence Award in recognition of its commitment to deliver and maintain Volvo Cars’ high standards and requirements on quality. Volvo Cars has launched cloud-enabled connected car services...
Dynamic Spectrum Alliance grows
AirTies, Aruba Networks, ATDI, Broadcom and Saankhya Labs are the latest members to join the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, with Broadcom and Aruba Networks being elected to its board of directors. The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance welcomes new members as it continues to...
BYOD and beyond
With the increasing fragmentation of the mobile device ecosystem, companies that have permitted employees to bring and work on their own smartphones or tablets have found it difficult to manage the vast array of devices that run on different platforms and...