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Etisalat boasts growth, technological firsts
African and Middle Eastern telecommunications provider Etisalat has reached a milestone with 150-million subscribers. CEO Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar says that Etisalat, which operates across 15 markets, is on course to achieve 100% fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) penetration in...
DoC hands over school cyber-lab
Minister of Communications Yunus Carrim has handed over a cyber-lab at Matshitsholo High Schools in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal. The handover was part of government’s goal of connecting schools to fast internet or broadband. Since Cabinet approved South Africa Connect, the...
6bn connected devices will be made in 2014
The global market for connected devices which allow users to access the Internet is set to surpass 6-billion units this year, as new products including cell phones, tablets and computers enter the electronics ecosystem, says a report from HIS Technology. Worldwide...
Tigo offers mobile money currency conversion
Tigo, a subsidiary of the international telecommunications and media company Millicom (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), a leader in 13 markets across Africa and Latin America, has announced the launch of a pioneering cross-border mobile money remittance service between...
Sony introduces Xperia Z2 smartphone
Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today introduces Xperia Z2, Sony’s best ever premium waterproof smartphone combining its best display, sound, camera and camcorder experience as well as an exclusive entertainment offer and a growing ecosystem of companion...
Huawei launches MediaPad X1 at MWC 2014
Huawei has unveiled two new additions to its MediaPad range of devices and its first wearable device at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2014. With Huawei MediaPad X1, the world's slimmest 7-inch LTE Cat4-enabled all-in-one phablet, Huawei TalkBand B1, the perfect hybrid...
Innovation and time and attendance
People management experts, HR directors and industry analysts recently converged for an interactive forum, hosted by Accsys, focused on advances in technology and other key factors impacting time & attendance management. Delegates agreed that big data, mobility...
Governments reap cloud rewards
It’s widely accepted that cloud computing is transforming organisations across all industries, and affording business that adopt cloud technologies massive savings as well as other benefits. The private sector was first to realise this and capitalise on cloud’s...
Using social media for talent management
Over the past decade, social media has metamorphosed from being a college student pastime to a fully-fledged corporate phenomenon, resulting in a surge of interpersonal communication, the exchange of information and ideas, and virtual community building. The use of...
Boost debt collection with list management
Reuters has reported that household debt grew at its fastest pace since early 2008 in the fourth quarter of 2012, a possible sign that the painful process of paring back borrowing in the aftermath of the financial crisis may have run its course. While not all consumer...
Cloud spending to triple by 2017
An increasing move on the part of enterprise businesses to move their IT services, applications and infrastructure to a cloud-based architecture will cause market revenue in this segment to surge by a factor of three from 2011 to 2017, according to HIS Technology....
Governments must grow African Web presence
African governments are urged to help boost the continent's presence on the World Wide Web by submitting lists of important names for inclusion in the dotAfrica Reserved Names List (RNL) process. That's the word from the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) and African Union...
FNB to slash power consumption
First National Bank (FNB) has selected 1E’s NightWatchman Enterprise to reduce energy consumption on its estate of 8 500 workstations during peak demand times, overnight and during weekends. With PC power management in place, the project is set to reduce peak load on...
Etisalat boasts growth, technological firsts
African and Middle Eastern telecommunications provider Etisalat has reached a milestone with 150-million subscribers. CEO Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar says that Etisalat, which operates across 15 markets, is on course to achieve 100% fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) penetration in...
DoC hands over school cyber-lab
Minister of Communications Yunus Carrim has handed over a cyber-lab at Matshitsholo High Schools in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal. The handover was part of government’s goal of connecting schools to fast internet or broadband. Since Cabinet approved South Africa Connect, the...
6bn connected devices will be made in 2014
The global market for connected devices which allow users to access the Internet is set to surpass 6-billion units this year, as new products including cell phones, tablets and computers enter the electronics ecosystem, says a report from HIS Technology. Worldwide...
Tigo offers mobile money currency conversion
Tigo, a subsidiary of the international telecommunications and media company Millicom (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), a leader in 13 markets across Africa and Latin America, has announced the launch of a pioneering cross-border mobile money remittance service between...
Sony introduces Xperia Z2 smartphone
Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today introduces Xperia Z2, Sony’s best ever premium waterproof smartphone combining its best display, sound, camera and camcorder experience as well as an exclusive entertainment offer and a growing ecosystem of companion...
Huawei launches MediaPad X1 at MWC 2014
Huawei has unveiled two new additions to its MediaPad range of devices and its first wearable device at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2014. With Huawei MediaPad X1, the world's slimmest 7-inch LTE Cat4-enabled all-in-one phablet, Huawei TalkBand B1, the perfect hybrid...
Innovation and time and attendance
People management experts, HR directors and industry analysts recently converged for an interactive forum, hosted by Accsys, focused on advances in technology and other key factors impacting time & attendance management. Delegates agreed that big data, mobility...