The journey from telco to techco

The telecommunications industry is in the midst of a digital revolution; one shifting from providing traditional communications services to becoming solution providers of diverse digital services and, more importantly, becoming increasingly customer-centric. By Rodney...

Connecting the digital backbone

The Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t new, but it has simmered on the edges of innovation and transformation for years and now it has, as the World Economic Forum puts it, ‘quietly arrived’. In China, there are more connected things than there are...

What the 2Africa cable landing means for SA

Everyone has heard about cloud computing and how it has changed the world, and how a changing world has, in turn, accelerated the evolution and uptake of the cloud. From large, critical customer-facing applications to internal collaboration tools such as video...

Can telcos be innovative and green?

In one way or another, most people across the globe are ‘addicted’ to online connections and experiences. Whether instantly streaming a movie or downloading a file to a laptop – the slightest delay in connectivity causes frustration. By Joe Baguley,...

Ongoing power crisis threatens 5G rollout

The South African telecommunications industry is currently in a state of flux, writes Paul Colmer, exco member at Wireless Access Provider’s Association (WAPA). On the one hand, 5G network rollouts are gathering pace, with the latest news that Nokia has won a...

Comsol, Ericsson partner on digital transformation in SA mining

Ericsson has signed a reseller agreement with Comsol at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona to provide the Ericsson Private 5G solution that will enable Comsol to expand its enterprise business within South Africa’s mining industry. With Ericsson’s...