Huawei demos 4K video streaming

Huawei Technologies is piloting its 4K video streaming solution in a residential complex in Sandton, Johannesburg. Supported by Telkom’s deployment of a 100mbps fibre to the home (FTTH), residents can now watch ultra HD TV with the fastest Internet speed....

Facebook partners for a safer Internet

Celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) under the connected theme of “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”, Facebook has announced a number of partnerships across Africa with over 20 non-governmental organisations and...

Great generational shift now underway

There is a generational shift underway in the workforce today, with as many as six generations now working side by side. Demographers and workforce planners have been anticipating the post-Baby Boomer shift for decades. It marks a turning point in that the workforce...

Digital extortion is a real threat

Just as extortion takes place regularly in the physical world around us, it is growing in popularity amongst cyber criminals. Trend Micro recently released a new report titled “Digital Extortion, A Forward Looking View”, in which it details the various...

ICT spend to reach $4-trillion

Worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) will be nearly $4-trillion in 2018, according to new data from the Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Industry and Company Size from IDC. The explosive growth of smartphones in recent years...

Telkom moves towards Massive MIMO

As part of its continuing network evolution, Telkom has successfully concluded Africa’s first demonstration of 2.3GHz LTE TDD Massive MIMO (Advanced Multiple Antenna System). Massive MIMO will enable Telkom’s mobile customers to achieve data at a rate up...