Vodacom bets on data paying dividends

Vodacom is realising the benefits of its aggressive infrastructure investment in recent years. With voice and messaging service of local operators still coming under pressure from increasing competition and over the top (OTT) services, the operator is turning to its...

Tablets have a key role in digitalisation

Tablets are among the top IT spending priorities for 2017 in European enterprises, with sectors such as education, hospitality, government, and transport ranking them among their top three priorities. Based on 1,500 interviews with IT and line of business...

DFA signs up Sigfox IoT networking

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has announced the roll-out of a dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) network. SqwidNet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DFA, will deploy and operate Sigfox’s network nationwide and distribute the IoT connectivity services and solutions to its...

SA player wins at global contact centre awards

Mithum Singh, GM: operational support at Merchants, has won the Best Workforce Planning Award at the 2016 11th annual ContactCentreWorld Top Ranking Performers Awards in Las Vegas. The awards are a culmination of local and regional awards programmes after which the...

China surges past US in cinema numbers

According to screen growth patterns for 2016, the number of Chinese cinema screens will overtake the number in the US this week (16 November 2016). For the first time, the US will not be the world’s largest cinema market in terms of screen base. According to...
Government ICT strong on planning

Government ICT strong on planning

How much does government spend on ICT? Is it enough? And is it well spent? We hear much about lack of coordination, shortages of key skills and an unhappy workforce in SITA, along with challenges in implementing policy aimed at promoting e-services and narrowing the...