Jun 18, 2014
A TV white spaces pilot project has gone live in Limpopo, with five schools connected to the Internet for the first time. The Microsoft pilot was completed four weeks ago, with teachers and learners getting access to the Internet and PCs for the first time ever. The...
Jun 17, 2014
Telkom has announced plans to roll out Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connectivity to more than 20 South African suburbs before the end of 2014. It will also deliver high speed home LTE connectivity to other suburbs across the country. Speaking at the company’s annual...
Jun 13, 2014
South African educators believe ICT can help to solve some of the country’s education challenges, but most schools are not yet ready to benefit from new technologies. This is one of the findings from the Via Afrika Snapshot of eLearning in South African Schools...
Jun 12, 2014
Benjamin Mophatlane, CEO of Business Connexion, has died. Mophatlane, 41 years old, succumbed to a heart attack yesterday afternoon during a meeting with Telkom. Together with his twin brother Isaac, Mophatlane formed what was then known as Business Connection in...
Jun 11, 2014
A misalignment between business and IT carries significant ramifications for the performance, competitiveness and growth prospects of organisations. The reduced likelihood of innovation across all departments (39%), reduced staff productivity (36%) and loss of...
Jun 10, 2014
Customers value good service, and want to receive it via a phone call with a contact centre agent. This is according to findings from Interactive Intelligence Group’s second annual Global Customer Service Survey. The survey, which was administered by independent...
