Feb 14, 2020
Herotel is consolidating its fibre assets and leading WISP (wireless internet service provider) brands under the Herotel name. “Over the last five years, Herotel has been quietly acquiring over 40 owner-operated businesses, which until now remained trading under...
Jan 30, 2020
Vox has partnered with Snom, a global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones and conferencing solutions, to distribute and support their products in the South African market. There has been a growing appetite for VoIP solutions as South African...
Jan 29, 2020
As the Middle East and Africa region races towards commercial 5G services, Ericsson achieved significant milestones with leading service providers on the road to making 5G a reality. By Chafic Traboulsi, head of networks at Ericsson Middle East and Africa During 2019,...
Jan 21, 2020
Liquid Telecom is to launch the first 5G wholesale roaming service in South Africa. Available from early 2020 in all major South African cities, this latest fifth generation of mobile internet connectivity will enable wholesale operators to create innovative,...
Jan 21, 2020
The Eutelsat Konnect satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on January 16. The separation of the all-electric satellite...
Jan 21, 2020
Angola Cables is trialling Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the US and Africa. The route provides direct, low-latency trans-Atlantic routing and greatly simplifies the turn-up of services to better...
