African first as Nokia, Ooredoo reach 1Tbps

Working in partnership, Ooredoo Algeria and Nokia have successfully achieved a ground-breaking transmission speed of 1,2 Terabits per second over optical fibre in Africa’s first field trial of optical communications technology. The trial was conducted between...

Ericsson, Cisco extend partnership to include WiFi

Ericsson and Cisco are extending their strategic partnership to include a new WiFi solution offering, named Evolved WiFi Networks (EWN). EWN combines Ericsson’s 3GPP access, core networks and applications with Cisco’s WiFi portfolio, to provide reliable...

Citrix acquires Unidesk

Making it simpler and easier for partners and customers to securely deploy and manage apps and desktops through XenApp and XenDesktop, Citrix will acquire Unidesk, the inventor of the Windows application packaging and management technology known as layering....

Hertz connects rental vehicles to IoT network

Orange Business Services has won a three-year contract with car rental company Hertz for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity services to support its hourly vehicle rental service. The Hertz 24/7 hourly rental service is currently available for businesses and through...

Become a business owner today

Do you have a great business idea and dream of becoming an entrepreneur, but don’t know where to start? Mastercard invites out of school, unemployed or self-employed young women between the ages of 18 and 35 to participate in the Junior Achievement South Africa...
Uber to share data with cities

Uber to share data with cities

As it battles for full acceptance in many cities around the world, Uber is offering an olive branch in the form of data which is planning to share with the metros in which it operates. Jordan Gilbertson, product manager and Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation...