Developments and scenarios for Africa’s satellite landscape

Technology is forever changing; and change has become so constant and prevalent in the technology world that we sometimes don’t really appreciate the possible impact of these changes on our current and future business landscape, writes Dr Dawie de Wet, CEO of...

Africa’s rapid network expansion possible through collaboration

2015 has brought renewed investment in IT & networking infrastructure with the focus remaining on Africa and its global investors to deliver, regardless of the downturn and recovery process. This is especially relevant to telecoms carriers, with the majority...

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...