Huawei launches BES in South Africa

Dec 8, 2015

Huawei recently announced that its latest charging system, part of BES (Business Enablement System) has been launched in South Africa. The company has successfully upgraded Vodacom, South Africa’s CCS phase2 data service from OCS3.3 to OCS5.5, which is a basic...

Neotel deploys integrated packet optical solution

Dec 3, 2015

Neotel has deployed the ADVA FSP 3000 and Juniper PTX3000 to create a flexible, dynamic and integrated packet optical network architecture. One of South Africa’s leading service providers, Neotel is using the multi-layer network to respond to enormous bandwidth...

Ericsson preps 5G radio prototypes for NTT Docomo field trials

Nov 30, 2015

With 5G commercial networks beginning in 2020, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is supporting operator requirements for field trials as early as 2016 with the introduction of 5G Radio Prototypes that operators can deploy in live field trial environments. Phase two of the...

SES extends African satellite coverage

Nov 24, 2015

SES Techcom Services, a subsidiary of satellite operator SES, will be expanding its Astra Connect broadband service in Africa for the enterprise and oil and gas markets via the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform on SES’s Astra 2G satellite. SES is extending its...

Seacom deploys Infinera TM-Series for 100G networks

Nov 20, 2015

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced that Seacom has deployed the Infinera TM-Series for its new metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks in South Africa and East Africa, improving its customers’ connection to...