Seacom boosts enterprise connectivity in Bloemfontein
Seacom has announed that its Bloemfontein node is now live, enabling the delivery of a wider range of Seacom Business connectivity products to benefit Bloemfontein- businesses. Business connectivity in Bloemfontein, the sixth-largest city in South Africa, will benefit...
Botswana telco doubles satellite capacity
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) today announced that BTC is doubling its capacity on Spacecom's AMOS-7 communication satellite KU-beams. With this new capacity, BTC is adding cellular backhaul and various long-distance communication services to...
MENA service providers should walk the automation talk
Digitalisation is shaking up a variety of industries. Mobile operators face the challenge of digitalising themselves - so that they in turn can accelerate the digital transformation of their business customers. If operators do not transform, they will miss out on the...
Airtel Africa passes 100m subscribers
Airtel Africa, a telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, has crossed the 100-million customers mark across its operations. Airtel Africa is the second largest mobile operator in Africa by number of active subscribers....
WiFi 6: is it worth the hype?
The good news is that WiFi is about to get faster. Quicker bandwidth is always top of the wish-list, as devices, apps and games evolve to be more resource-heavy, demanding more robust networks and faster speeds. Digital spaces are now employing enormous numbers of IoT...
The future of connectivity in South Africa
Next-generation technologies will drive real transformation in companies. Organisations across all industries must prepare to enter the next phase of the digital future, writes Matthew Hall, product director at Rectron. The technology sector is rapidly evolving, with...
Moscow starts testing on 5G pilot zone
The first pilot zone of the 5G communication standard has been launched in Moscow. Tverskaya Street - from the Kremlin to the Garden Ring falls under the solid outdoor coverage of the first 5G pilot area. "5G development agreements were signed with the four largest...
An overview of the high demand spectrum policy
The Department of Communications has published its highly-anticipated 'Policy on High Demand Spectrum and Policy Direction on Licensing of a Wireless Open Access Network' which purports to address South Africa's longstanding spectrum scarcity challenges. Nozipho...
Intelsat 39 launches successfully
Intelsat has announced the successful launch of Intelsat 39, which will provide video distribution and connectivity services for mobile network operators, enterprises, governmental entities, as well as aeronautical and maritime service providers operating in Africa,...
5G could be the great enabler
The 5G networks that stand at the edge of deployment demand artificial intelligence. They fuel and empower it. Their potential is so much greater than the previous generation of network that they are set to drive AI capability into every aspect of society. With...
High-performing networks key for 4IR
Mobile network operators will play a crucial role in providing the infrastructure ecosystem that will enable other industries to harness the benefits of digitisation and implement new age solutions that will be brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Over...
5G subscribers in Asia, North America will hit 1,1bn by 2023
The rollout of 5G technology will proceed at blistering pace, with the number of subscriptions in Asia and North America set to exceed 1-billion units by the technology's fifth year of deployment, nearly triple the total for 4G during the same time period. By Elias...