No policy changes on the cards, says Lesufi
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Telia delivers software-defined network slicing
Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Software-defined services are at the heart of new network slicing capabilities that Telia launched today with its customer Sandvik, a Swedish multinational engineering company. Rainer Deutschmann, group chief operating...
Telecoms is ‘the gateway to the future’
Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Despite the many benefits that technology has brought us, people still don't really trust it. That's according to José María Álvarez-Pallete, chairman and CEO of Telefónica, and a board member of the GSMA, addressing...
Culture shifts, innovation required for new digital norm
While companies are building better digital habits and systems, a shift is needed from digital culture to value realisation, according to a Nutanix-commissioned CXO survey from IDC. Surveying leaders across EMEA, the IDC InfoBrief, From Digital Culture to Value...
SA publishers challenge Google and Meta at Competition Commission
The media industry association Publisher Support Services (PSS) yesterday presented its challenge of Google and Meta (Facebook) to be compensated for their content used on these platforms at an in-camera hearing of the Competition Commission's market inquiry into...
Ransomware remains relentless … and more destructive
Cybersecurity specialist Fortinet's latest FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report Threat reveals an increase in the automation and speed of attacks, demonstrating more advanced persistent cybercrime strategies that are more destructive and unpredictable. In...
African Development Bank approves historic health infrastructure strategy
The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved its Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa 2022-2030, a historic first for the bank. The strategy was developed in response to a call by the bank's governors for the institution to...
What happens inside a cybercrime war-room?
South African businesses are most affected by crypto mining attacks by self-spreading malware, coin miner modules, and infections spread via users downloading a "cracked" version of legitimate software. "Living off the land" attacks are also on the increase, with...
Why is Open RAN important?
Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - While the IT industry has steadily shifted to open and interoperable systems, the telecommunications industry has kept its systems stubbornly closed - but the new era of rapid change and innovation means that openness is...
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