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Protecting critical infrastructures
Critical infrastructure systems are the backbone for controlling and managing essential services for industries including oil and gas, utilities, healthcare and public sector, says Craig Hockley, regional director for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, McAfee. Any...
Android powers past 80% market share
Google's Android operating system reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. With a total base of 211,6-million smartphone units shipped during the...
FibreCo completes national fibre rollout
FibreCo Telecommunications has completed a fibre optic network interconnecting Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town, providing the shortest and fastest optical fibre connectivity between these cities. The achievement comes about two years after...
2014 mobile strategies for local retailers
Mobile marketing is near the top of everyone’s priority list right now, says wiGroup CEO Bevan Ducasse. But knowing you should be doing something is not the same as knowing what to do – and with the medium being so new, there are no clear best practice guidelines yet....
The downside of free WiFi
As the public and private sector strive to deliver Internet access to all, WiFi hotspots present a viable solution to the challenge of cost-effectively delivering access to the many. Free WiFi was recently rolled out in parts of Cape Town, for example, with free or...
Alcatel-Lucent, YooMee roll out African LTE
Alcatel-Lucent will enable YooMee Africa, a high-speed Internet service provider in Cameroon, to expand into new African market by offering TDD LTE ultra-broadband wireless access. YooMee - previously known as 4G Africa - provides high-speed reliable Internet access...
African households to benefit from solar
Econet Solar International (ESI), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless International, has announced at AfricaCom that it plans to light-up at least 125 000 homes with its Home Power Stations (HPS) across the African continent in 2014. The device, designed to harness solar...
Mitel acquires 100% of Aastra
Mitel Networks, a provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software solutions, and enterprise communication company Aastra Technologies have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, under...
Yealink strengthens Far South Networks ties
Yealink has once again scored an impressive 100% pass mark in advanced interoperability tests (IOT) with innovative South African telecommunications equipment vendor, Far South Networks. Both companies, who share a very similar business philosophy, are now committed...
Seacom expands with Cape Town PoP
Seacom has launched a point of presence (PoP) in Cape Town for customers wanting to access and terminate services in the city. The new Seacom PoP plays a vital role in linking Eastern and Western undersea cable systems and enabling diversity for Seacom customers on...
Digitising documents to unlock big data
Digitising paper documents will unlock data and allow it to be used in big data analysis, saving a potential 20% of annual turnover for European companies. New research commissioned by Ricoh Europe illustrates the benefits to European businesses of tackling the...
Cloud in Africa: the next big disruptor
The disruptive nature of cloud computing will have far-reaching effects across all continents and industries as global players in the industry scuffle for market share in emerging opportunities for small to medium (SME) enterprises, says Derek Kudsee, CEO at SAP...
All the winners at AfricaCom …
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - Ericsson took home last night’s AfricaCom award for the Best Quality User Experience, with Huawei Technologies winning the Best Network Improvement award. Ericsson Multiscreen Self-care enables communication service...
Protecting critical infrastructures
Critical infrastructure systems are the backbone for controlling and managing essential services for industries including oil and gas, utilities, healthcare and public sector, says Craig Hockley, regional director for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, McAfee. Any...
Android powers past 80% market share
Google's Android operating system reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. With a total base of 211,6-million smartphone units shipped during the...
FibreCo completes national fibre rollout
FibreCo Telecommunications has completed a fibre optic network interconnecting Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town, providing the shortest and fastest optical fibre connectivity between these cities. The achievement comes about two years after...
2014 mobile strategies for local retailers
Mobile marketing is near the top of everyone’s priority list right now, says wiGroup CEO Bevan Ducasse. But knowing you should be doing something is not the same as knowing what to do – and with the medium being so new, there are no clear best practice guidelines yet....
The downside of free WiFi
As the public and private sector strive to deliver Internet access to all, WiFi hotspots present a viable solution to the challenge of cost-effectively delivering access to the many. Free WiFi was recently rolled out in parts of Cape Town, for example, with free or...
Alcatel-Lucent, YooMee roll out African LTE
Alcatel-Lucent will enable YooMee Africa, a high-speed Internet service provider in Cameroon, to expand into new African market by offering TDD LTE ultra-broadband wireless access. YooMee - previously known as 4G Africa - provides high-speed reliable Internet access...
African households to benefit from solar
Econet Solar International (ESI), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless International, has announced at AfricaCom that it plans to light-up at least 125 000 homes with its Home Power Stations (HPS) across the African continent in 2014. The device, designed to harness solar...