Technology News
EOH lights up 10Gbps on new fibre network
Telecommunications company EOH Network Solutions has established one of the first 10Gbps services to go live over the recently-deployed FibreCo network between Gauteng and Cape Town. While the FibreCo project will support new initiatives for EOH, it will not replace...
Telcos work together to improve access
Following a high-level meeting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, serving 551-million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to co-operate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives...
Telkom expects higher earnings for the year
Telkom has issued a trading statement advising shareholders that earnings will be significantly higher for the year ended 31 March 2014, compared to the previous year. The headline earnings per share (HEPS) and basic earnings per share (BEPS) for the year are expected...
Enterprise client shipments hit new high
Worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totalled 1,6-million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), an increase of 17,4% from the previous quarter and 11,7% higher than the forecast for the quarter, according to the International Data...
ISPA comments on MTR issues
The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) supports the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa's) intention to vigorously pursue the objective of more competitive markets without fear of the reactions of those whose interests will...
Trustwave acquires Cenzic
Trustwave has acquired Cenzic. The acquisition brings together Cenzic’s dynamic application security testing technologies with Trustwave’s cloud-based application, database and network penetration testing and scanning services. The combination will create one of the...
TeleMasters grows operating profits
Communications group TeleMasters has posted a significant increase in operating profits for the six months to 31 December 2013 (up to R3,5-million, from R107 028 in the comparative period). This is despite a decline in revenue, down to R55,1-million from R70,7-million...
Ricoh SA offers channel partner programme
Ricoh SA has launched its Ricoh Reseller Programme to help partners in its burgeoning channel business better meet the needs of their customers. The programme segments partners into Approved Partner, Preferred Partner, and Solution Partner, based on certifications...
The future of the Internet
It has been 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Over the last two and a half decades, we have experienced tremendous changes in how we share, access and consume information across the world’s most powerful communication vehicle, says Nathaniel...
Bytes wins Alcatel-Lucent partner award
Bytes Systems Integration (SI) has once again been recognised for its partner excellence, with the company winning yet another award at the recent Alcatel-Lucent Partner Conference in Panama City, Panama. The Alcatel-Lucent Excellence Partner Award EMEA for 2013 was...
September launch for Xbox One console
Microsoft’s Xbox One will be launched in South Africa in September 2014. This was confirmed yesterday by distributor Westcon-Comztek. Touted as more than just a gaming console, the Xbox One promoted by Microsoft as the ultimate all-in-one entertainment system built...
Technology to help make the roads safer
University of Cape Town researcher, Dr Rahul Jobanputra, says the alarming number of road traffic fatalities in South Africa moved him to focus his recent PhD study on alternative ways of making the country’s roads safer. His thesis, An Investigation into the...
Schools get biometric attendance systems
The Department of Basic Education is equipping 24 000 schools with biometric clocking devices in a bid to solve the challenge of teacher absenteeism, highlighting the growing trend for organisations to utilise realtime statistics to improve efficiencies and security....
EOH lights up 10Gbps on new fibre network
Telecommunications company EOH Network Solutions has established one of the first 10Gbps services to go live over the recently-deployed FibreCo network between Gauteng and Cape Town. While the FibreCo project will support new initiatives for EOH, it will not replace...
Telcos work together to improve access
Following a high-level meeting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, serving 551-million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to co-operate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives...
Telkom expects higher earnings for the year
Telkom has issued a trading statement advising shareholders that earnings will be significantly higher for the year ended 31 March 2014, compared to the previous year. The headline earnings per share (HEPS) and basic earnings per share (BEPS) for the year are expected...
Enterprise client shipments hit new high
Worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totalled 1,6-million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), an increase of 17,4% from the previous quarter and 11,7% higher than the forecast for the quarter, according to the International Data...
ISPA comments on MTR issues
The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) supports the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa's) intention to vigorously pursue the objective of more competitive markets without fear of the reactions of those whose interests will...
Trustwave acquires Cenzic
Trustwave has acquired Cenzic. The acquisition brings together Cenzic’s dynamic application security testing technologies with Trustwave’s cloud-based application, database and network penetration testing and scanning services. The combination will create one of the...
TeleMasters grows operating profits
Communications group TeleMasters has posted a significant increase in operating profits for the six months to 31 December 2013 (up to R3,5-million, from R107 028 in the comparative period). This is despite a decline in revenue, down to R55,1-million from R70,7-million...