Benu enables VAST’s WiFi network

VAST Networks has purchased the Benu Virtual Service Edge (VSE) to support growth and enhanced service experience for its WiFi network, which already includes more than 2 200 hotspots in South Africa. VAST Networks will use this new virtual platform to provide...

SATNAC 2016: Unlocking the Internet of Things

SATNAC, the annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, is hosted by Telkom, in partnership with sponsors from the industry. This year’s event will be held from 4 to 7 September at Fancourt in George. The theme of this...

Nology debuts Yealink DECT phone

Nology has released the new Yealink W56P DECT phone in South Africa.  Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) phones are devices that can be used to wirelessly connect a handset and base. The W56P is ideal for on-the-go employees across many different...

Fibre delivers 40% savings for ProShop and Cycle Lab

MoreCorp Group, the parent company of ProShop, Cycle Lab and a number of related outdoor venues, has found an efficient solution to its connectivity challenges with a full house fibre broadband and VoIP offering from iConnect. The solution, first piloted four years...

Hurricane Electric opens Joburg PoP

Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, has continued its global expansion with the opening of its most recent Point of Presence (PoP) in Johannesburg, located at Teraco’s Isando JB1 data centre – its first on the...

Phone is still critical for business

OTEL Telecoms’ Internet via LTE adds another layer of reliability to voice-based business communication that remains an important part of daily commercial life. LTE, or long-term evolution, is a 4G wireless technology commonly used to connect mobile phones,...