ICT connects SA communities, drives growth

The pace at which ICT transforms our world has accelerated in the 21st century – and we are working hard to bring these benefits to all our fellow citizens, writes Lucky Mochalibane, head of department: corporate communications and marketing of the State...

SON is the way forward for telcos in Africa

Self Organising Networks (SON) is emerging as a technology-of-choice to resolve network pain points faced by the service providers across the mature and maturing markets such as South Africa and other regions across Africa. The recent LTE deployments have highlighted...

For financial success, spend on employees

When it comes to HR, most companies budget for salaries, refreshments and, possibly, for skills development; but what about employee engagement? By Liane McGowan, founder of Happy Monday . Often employees are an organisation’s greatest operational expense, yet...

Microwave: adapt, innovate or die

Microwave technologies have a valuable role to play, but service providers and technology need to evolve to meet different market demands, as well as being able to act on new opportunities, according to Hendrik du Plooy of Broadlink. He adds that there are several key...

TT-Network completes network sharing project

TT-Network (TTN), the joint venture between TeliaSonera and Telenor, has completed the final phase of its ground-breaking Single RAN network sharing project, for which Nokia Networks was the sole radio and services provider. This is the first time ever that a network...

Go modular for maximised data centre agility

The vast majority of today’s data centres have significantly underutilised power systems. Why? Because nobody wants to run short of power. So when power systems are specified it is often done on the assumption that the facility will ultimately have a full compliment...