Dec 3, 2014
Despite the high penetration of wireless communications globally, talking, texting or emailing outside the primarily urban coverage of most mobile networks is either not possible or comes with unreliable service coverage. “The primary barrier to expanding coverage has...
Dec 3, 2014
Africa faces a number of challenges when it comes to telecommunications, chief among which has always been a lack of fixed-line infrastructure in many areas. This has resulted in mobile becoming the de facto standard in the region. In addition to the difficulties of...
Nov 14, 2014
The advent of cloud computing, the digital era and the growing phenomenon of bring your own everything or BYOx has caused a dramatic shift in the telecommunications market, says Dean Young, portfolio manager: Connectivity Services at T-Systems in South Africa....
Nov 11, 2014
In our current economic environment, it is essential that businesses deal with the “right” suppliers and partners, as this can make the difference between success – or even mere survival – and failure. That’s the view of Debbie Pretorius, GM of business connectivity...
Oct 20, 2014
South Africa’s telecoms landscape has traditionally lagged behind that of the Western world for a number of reasons, not least of which has been a lack of infrastructure, writes Eckart Zollner, head of business development at Jasco. However, in the past few years...
Sep 17, 2014
Data is being consumed rapidly and consumers require instant communication and access to information. This is mostly due to the emergence and increased availability of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets as well as more and less costly bandwidth. These...
