Vox launches double data satellite promo
Vox has announced the launch of a double data promotion for contract subscribers of its YahClick satellite services, bringing prices and speed comparable to that of terrestrial wireless alternatives. "Last year, Vox upgraded thousands of subscribers to plans with much...
Saicom receives global routing certification
Local service provider, Saicom has become one of only five ISPs in South Africa to become MANRS compliant. The Internet's routing information is exchanged between network operators (also known as autonomous systems or AS) using a routing protocol initially designed in...
Liquid Telecom wins three awards
Liquid Telecom has won the 'Best African Wholesale Carrier' award for the eighth consecutive year at the Global Carrier Awards and was also recognised at the World Communications awards for the best 'Regional Wholesale Operator of the Year' for a second year in a row....
Ease of use in Euphoria’s latest version
Euphoria Telecom has launched the latest version of its market leading cloud-based business telephone management system (TMS). The new TMS version 3 has a number of easy-to-use features and is capable of significantly improving business efficiency while delivering...
Vox expands satellite services with Avanti data and voice
Satellite connectivity in the South African market is set for a shake up, with integrated ICT and infrastructure provider Vox announcing the introduction of several capped and uncapped data and voice plans being made available through its partnership with Avanti...
Moscow’s WiFi network is one of the world’s best
Moscow's WiFi network has joined the world's top three by number of free access points, overtaking megacities such as New York, London and Tokyo. There are now over 18 000 points of access to free unlimited internet in Moscow's streets, libraries, parks, culture...
Huawei calls for a fresh mindset on 5G development
At the 10th annual Mobile Broadband Forum held today in Zurich, Huawei deputy chairman Ken Hu outlined the current status of 5G development around the world. In addition to highlighting the value 5G has already brought to consumers and industries in early adopter...
Nokia announces over 2 000 5G patent declarations
Nokia has declared more than 2000 patent families to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as essential for the 5G standard. The 5G standardization process is managed by 3GPP, a partnership of seven standards development organizations including...
Vox launches Lekelela Technical Services in SA
Vox has identified an opportunity to support a stand-alone technical services provider while simultaneously solving a key customer pain point. In partnership with its wholly owned infrastructure provider, Frogfoot Networks, Telkom and Cloudseed, Vox will drive the...
Seacom wins 2019 BI360 Customer Innovation Award
Solver has named Seacom as the 2019 BI360 Customer Innovation Award winner. Solver honored 5 companies for their achievements in 2019, across various customer categories. Of the thousands of customers worldwide, these award winners were nominated and selected for...
Vumatel launches prepaid fibre-to-the-home platform
South African fibre-to-the-home network operator (FNO) Vumatel has launched a prepaid platform for fibre-to-the-home services, with its Mitchells Plain proof-of-concept activated in July 2019. To date, more than 1 000 homes have activated their fibre leveraging the...
WiFi 6: A new era of wireless connectivity
Twenty years ago, with the release of 802.11b, WiFi began its conquest of the world networking scene in earnest. WiFi can easily be called out as one of the most popular technologies of the last two decades. Just as mobile telephony and mobile internet, it has become...