Ruckus Networks debuts WiFi 6 in Africa
Ruckus Networks recently completed its first WiFi 6 use case in Africa at The Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) held in Nairobi Kenya. WiFi 6, also known as 802.11ax and the latest generation of WiFi, bridges the performance gap to deliver at ten...
Atomic Access slashes business fibre pricing
Atomic Access, a Cape Town-based fibre-only service provider, has announced new FTTB packages on the Octotel fibre network, with pricing reduced by as much as 40%. This follows a major pricing decrease from Octotel, which will take effect at the end of July 2019....
MetroFibre Networx starts micro-trenching in Nelson Mandela Bay
Summerstrand in Nelson Mandela Bay has become one of the first areas in the Eastern Cape to get fibre internet infrastructure installed using an innovative process called micro-trenching. The Nelson Mandela Bay council provided permission to MetroFibre Networx to...
Telco transformation is critical to Africa’s IoT adoption
As more industries and services around the world become 'smart', the focus is often placed on the proliferation of sensing devices to collect various types of information, or on the growth in the level of computing power that is required to analyse data and identify...
Europe needs to act fast on 5G or lose out
Europe needs urgent and decisive action if it is to benefit from the competitive and innovative capabilities of 5G or it will lose out to the US, China, and other regions, Ericsson president and CEO Börje Ekholm has warned. In a keynote address – Europe and 5G: the...
Moscow plans to launch 5G network
Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, and Alexey Kornya, CEO of mobile network operator MTS, have signed an agreement on cooperation for the purposes of developing communication services and information-telecommunication technologies in the city of Moscow. The...
Nokia helps Ooredoo Qatar take a 5G lead
Ooredoo Qatar has selected Nokia to build a 5G cloud-native core network to support the delivery of enhanced mobile broadband services. Nokia's solution will be deployed in Ooredoo's state-of-the-art datacenters in Qatar's capital city Doha. The cloud-based...
How to get the best out of fibre
South Africa's high-speed broadband Internet sector is a model of consumer choice, with consumers able to choose from a variety of ISPs providing Internet access and other services over the open-access fibre networks being rolled out across South Africa. However,...
5G enables future tech, but challenges remain
Digital transformation is rapidly changing the way in which we live, work, and play, and upcoming 5G technology will be crucial in providing the level of connectivity that will improve user experiences and expand broadband wireless services beyond mobile internet. By...
What will 5G really mean for you?
Over the past few months, we have seen a storm of hype about 5G, the next evolution in mobile network technology. By Ernst Wittmann, global account director: MEA and country manager: southern Africa at TCL Handset manufacturers are starting to come to market with...
Cisco, Swarm, UTStarcom join DSA
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) has announced that Cisco Systems, Swarm Technologies and UTStarcom have joined the Alliance, as more and more companies are introducing wireless technologies that enable the full range of narrowband and wideband applications by...
WASPA’s inaugural board begins its term
South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) recently amended its Constitution to better equip the non-profit industry association to represent the interests of its members while also pursuing a mobile consumer protection mandate. WASPA's...