NEC XON, MTN launch 400G optical transponder

MTN Group and NEC XON have successfully deployed Africa’s first 400G optical transponder solution, Phoenix. Phoenix is part of the Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP) Open Optical and Packet Transport (OOPT) project group, a collaborative effort involving...

Aruba ESP delivers cloud-native services for edge-to-cloud networks

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company has announced significant advancements to Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), with new functionality in Aruba Central to enable organisations to keep pace with rapidly changing business requirements. The new Aruba Central...

SD-WAN proves its mettle in pilot project

LanDynamix has successfully utilised software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) to connect pilot pharmacies located in supermarkets to the network of its client, First Care Solutions. Peter Clarke, MD of LanDynamix, says the technology’s inherent...

iOCO offers Africa-focused SD-WAN

iOCO has extended its partnership with and automated cybersecurity solution provider Fortinet to offer its software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solution to the southern African market. An SD-WAN solution connects users to any application wherever it resides,...

Cisco launches WAN edge platform

Cisco has announced its new wide area networking (WAN) edge platform to help customers accelerate cloud adoption and deliver secure and automated connectivity to applications across cloud, data centre, and edge. A foundational piece of Cisco’s intent-based...