Single inbox offers benefits for SMEs
Making the switch to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) enables small and medium-sized (SME) business owners to realise a host of additional benefits from their new IP-based voice and data communications system, of which cost savings is just one. "Lower...
Ever tried to switch your business to prepaid?
The next time you walk into a mobile phone store, ask for 100 active prepaid SIM cards and see the look their faces, suggests Hein Koen, director mobile telecoms service provider Flickswitch. The fact is, prepaid is often not seen as an option by businesses. But many...
Jasco’s sub-ducting solution speeds fibre deployment
Jasco has brought a new, advanced fibre optic ducting solution to the South African market that it expects will revolutionise the implementation of fibre optic networks, increasing the speed and ease of deployment and lowering costs significantly. Available nationally...
5G IoT to change how we work and live
A new Internet of Things-focused (IoT) 5G R&D centre in Russia will soon help to transform the lives of people, businesses, and society - in Russia and beyond. This is according to Ericsson president and CEO, Börje Ekholm, speaking at the official opening of the...
Why banks are using satellite services
Satellite connectivity is commonly considered a last mile solution only for areas where there is little or no coverage of other networks such as fibre or 3G. However, its high reliability and ubiquitous coverage have resulted in the banking sector using satellite...
Node Africa selects Workonline as upstream provider
Node Africa, the East African provider of bespoke cloud infrastructure solutions, has chosen privately owned global Network Service Provider Workonline Communications as its IP transit provider. Workonline is one of the top three ASN's in Africa and one of Africa's...
Vodacom hits 80% population coverage on 4G
Vodacom has become the first African mobile network to exceed 80% population coverage on 4G. The mobile network provider claims to offer 80,12% 4G coverage in South Africa, with 99,78% of the population covered by 3G and 99,97% covered by 2G. The accelerated rural...
Jasco offers affordable fibre monitoring
Jasco Carrier Solutions new proactive in-service fibre network monitoring offering that measures the integrity of a fibre plant in realtime, allows operators to efficiently isolate faults and take immediate targeted action. This effectively boosts up-time, cuts...
Shared spectrum essential, but challenging
Speaking ahead of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) Global Summit 2018 in London from 1-3 May, the European Commission's Head of Unit for Radio Spectrum Policy has urged how essential the shared use of spectrum is but cautioned that challenges with implementation...
CloudAIR can benefit Africa carriers
Global ICT solutions provider Huawei says its CloudAIR solution will benefit South African and African carriers who are affected by a lack of spectrum but have a need to improve both coverage and capacity. "With the rapid development of mobile broadband (MBB)...
Why identity verification matters for mobile operators
Africa is rightly called the mobile continent, and mobility increasingly defines how Africa enters the digital age. By Sherry Zameer, senior vice-president: IoT at Gemalto According to the 2017 Mobile Economy Report of the GSM Association, Africa currently has 420...
Jasco Carrier Solutions launches virtual CPE
Jasco Carrier Solutions is developing a cost effective virtual Customer Premises Equipment (vCPE) solution for the South African market. Aimed at ISPs and small and medium enterprises, the vCPE brings next-generation technology in an affordable package to the local...