Apr 5, 2017
5G will bring about a significant change in the ability to meet increasingly complex consumer demands, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. As we all know, 4G and LTE are designed to improve capacity, user data-rates, spectrum usage and latency....
Apr 3, 2017
Internet access isn’t just necessary for businesses to exist; it offers potentially unlimited opportunities for growth. Unfortunately, many businesses are using an obsolete, tired, old Internet connection medium. Michael Colin, sales director for BitCo, explains...
Feb 16, 2017
Disruption fuels massive changes at three levels: technology, strategy and ops, writes Eckart Zollner, business development manager at New Telco SA. The migration from traditional voice to new IP based technologies and services – alongside a data explosion and...
Feb 10, 2017
Consumers in off-grid areas are rapidly increasing their use of mobile Internet services, writes Thomas Rahkonen, chief technology officer and vice-president: eCentre at Flexenclosure. At the same time they not only expect service to become more reliable, but they...
Feb 1, 2017
South Africa has recently seen fast-paced developments in the implementation of Fiber to the x (FTTX), which includes fibre to the business (FTTB) and fibre to the home (FTTH). FTTX broadband network architecture, which makes use of optical fibre, offers unsurpassed...
Jan 23, 2017
ICT has progressed to a point where it makes no sense for businesses to use single or one-dimensional channels. Today, the advent of social networks, social media and other interactive platforms means that any sized business in any sector or industry can extend their...