Oct 19, 2016
Openserve and Huawei have jointly announced the successful deployment of a high-speed fibre packet and optical transport network. This will enable Openserve to respond to the exponential growth in demand for data services across South Africa, with trial results...
Oct 17, 2016
The Internet Society has announced the number of participants in the organization’s Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative has more than quadrupled in its first two years, growing from nine to 42 network operators. Launched in November...
Oct 12, 2016
While the fierce battle continues to brew between mobile operators and voice service providers over the cost of toll-free calls, Euphoria Telecom has introduced a toll-free system that enables free calls from all cellphone numbers. The service was initially developed...
Oct 10, 2016
Intelsat has announced that the Intelsat 36 satellite has entered service, providing broadcasting and direct-to-home (DTH) services for Africa’s MultiChoice. Built for Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), Intelsat 36 was launched aboard an Ariane 5 launch...
Oct 7, 2016
Pan-African telecommunications provider Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has announced Africa’s first roll-out of Satmotion from Integrasys, a manufacturer of carrier monitoring systems and VSAT commissioning tools. Satmotion, is an award-winning VSAT...
Oct 6, 2016
Nokia and T-Mobile US continue to expand their collaborative partnership to show the capabilities of 5G technology with recent achievements around a pre-standards 5G test network. The 5G air interface lab test used T-Mobile’s 28GHz spectrum and Nokia’s...
