BT launches multi-cloud connectivity solution
BT has launched a next-generation cloud connectivity solution designed to accelerate customers' digital transformation. Connected Cloud Edge extends the company's global network into strategic carrier-neutral facilities (CNFs). This gives customers access to a wide...
The end of the road for telcos?
The telecommunications sector continues to build digital infrastructure but the margins are increasingly coming under pressure because it is capital intensive to erect masts or lay fibre underground. By Matone Ditlhake, CEO of Corridor Africa Technologies...
Telcos must diversify offerings to ensure future survival
Telecommunications requires significant capital outlay to build networks, that also need to be managed and maintained. Telcos in South Africa, and around the world, need to be able to monetise this investment, but traditional revenue streams such as calls and data are...
What the spectrum auction means for your business
The recent spectrum made available by ICASA was long overdue and is needed to unleash the promise of 5G. While industries already have clear strategies on how to leverage the increased access to 5G to benefit their customers and end-users, many may be wondering what...
LTE ticks all the right connectivity boxes
Just over two years ago, when the South African workforce was hastily adopting a new way of working - from home - one connectivity medium stood out above all others. Realising the possibility of high-speed broadband and meeting the specific requirements of the people,...
Fibre powers the rapid move to App-based communication
Primarily driven by increased access to fibre-based high speed internet connectivity, there has been a growing shift by the providers of applications to enhance their products. By Shane Chorley, head of sales and marketing at Frogfoot Networks In addition to their...
The changing shape of the service provider landscape
Resilience and innovation have defined the evolution and transformation of the global technology and service provider industry over the past two years. In a recent analysis, McKinsey found that service providers had not just stepped up their game but adapted their...
What does the spectrum auction mean for your phone bill?
A number of recent moves on the regulatory front are opening up the telecommunications landscape here in South Africa, which should prove good news for businesses and consumers. By Nic Laschinger, chief technology officer of Euphoria Telecom The most significant of...
Breaking energy utilisation with 5G
From self-driving cars, which communicate with one another; remote healthcare, which treats patients from the comfort of their homes; to an immersive virtual and augmented reality, which lets users experience learning and gaming in an entirely new way, 5G comes with a...
Fibre: the new utility
There is no dispute that the need for fibre infrastructure is becoming a necessity for all households across South Africa. Whilst major metropoles already have extensive fibre laid - reaching most of the residents in these large cities - the smaller provincial towns...
Frogfoot air extends fibre coverage
Frogfoot Networks, a licensed open-access fibre infrastructure provider, has announced that it is extending the areas where Frogfoot air is available. The company's low-cost WiFi-enabled fibre connectivity solution has been rolled out to more areas due to interest and...
Telviva One poised for European launch
South African market leader in cloud PBX and unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), Telviva, which is well-known in the local market for its unified communications platform Telviva One, joined global leaders at exhibiting their software at Mobile World...