Jun 17, 2015
The introduction of affordable smartphones designed specifically for emerging markets has been a game changer for Africa and has made an impact on WiFi demand. According to published reports, mobile penetration in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase from 52% in 2012 to 79% in 2020, making it the fastest-growing region globally – with mobile broadband connections anticipated to quadruple from its 2012 figure to reach 160-million in 2016. WiFi in Africa has predominantly been reserved for businesses and airport business lounges but this has fast changed says Fletcher.
Jun 17, 2015
New research has forecast that WiFi networks will carry almost 60% of smartphone and tablet data traffic by 2019, reaching over 115 000 Petabytes (Pb) by 2019, compared to under 30 000Pb this year – representing an almost four-fold increase. The new research, Mobile Data Offload & Onload: WiFi, Small Cell & Networks Strategies 2015-2019, found that mobile data offload – data migration from a mobile network to a WiFi network – offers several key benefits to industry stakeholders.
Jun 17, 2015
The 17 June 2015 was the day laid down by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for full digital broadcasting to take over from analogue. Analogue users will no longer be protected from signal interference.
With South Africa still some way from finalising its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration, there is a risk that television viewers could face broadcasting disruptions. However, Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi says that South Africa, along with other countries that are signatories to the ITU, have an agreement to facilitate the migration of broadcasting services from the analogue format to the DTT platform.
Jun 17, 2015
Local cloud platform and cloud products distributor, Tarsus Cloud On Demand, has been appointed as the local distributor of Arcserve’s data protection and recovery solutions in South Africa. Founded in 1990, Arcserve provides a solution for virtual and physical environments, on premise or in the cloud, backed by a global network of partners, support and expertise. Through the agreement Tarsus Cloud On Demand partners will now be able to extend their services to include the full range of Arcserve solutions for their end user customers.
Jun 17, 2015
Metrofile Records Management, a group company of JSE-listed Metrofile Holdings Limited, has officially opened its rebuilt KwaZulu-Natal-based warehouse, which was destroyed by a fire in October 2013. The warehouse is 2 500m2 in size with a height of 15m, equating to a capacity of 400 000 boxes. According to Guy Kimble, MD of Metrofile Records Managements, the fire and safety aspects of the warehouse have been completely redesigned. The warehouse now has an in-rack sprinkler system that operates under dry pressurized conditions until the hypersensitive aspirating fire detection system is activated.
