Nokia boosts 4G performance
Nokia is extending its comprehensive portfolio of ultra-broadband product and technology solutions to give operators new flexibility to meet consumer demand and enhance mobile network performance as they evolve towards 5G. As mobile broadband traffic continues to...
Fibre and benefit to rural communities
Digital transformation is becoming a reality, but it needs extend to all of South Africa. BitCo CEO Jarryd Chatz discusses how rolling out fibre in rural areas and how it will benefit the communities. Fibre itself isn't what benefits rural communities. What SMEs,...
Nokia strives to make 5G a reality
Nokia has launched the 5G MoNArch (5G Mobile Network Architecture) research project. Supported and financed as part of Phase II of the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP), under the auspices of the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme,...
Relief for businesses trapped in long-term contracts
Euphoria Telecom is offering its core services free of charge to help businesses exit long-term contracts, and will help customers to reduce the costs and resources while waiting for the long-term contract period to terminate. "We understand the importance of a good,...
Ericsson reaches gigabit milestones
Ericsson and its customers have demonstrated near-gigabit speeds on commercial networks in Europe and the US in recent weeks. These achievements mean commercial gigabit speeds have the potential to become reality for many mobile broadband users in the near future,...
MegaFon demos commercial Gigabit LTE network
MegaFon has showcased the capabilities of Gigabit LTE on a commercial network, with the peak data download speed reaching 979Mbps. Nokia Air Scale system module and Sony’ Xperia XZ Premium, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with X16 LTE, were used...
Nokia Bell Labs work on 5G platform-as-a-service
Nokia Bell Labs is to lead a consortium of industry vendors, operators, IT companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and European academic institutions to build over the next 24 months the Next Generation Platform-as-a-Service (NGPaaS) for the 5G era. The...
Maxwell Technology enters the LTE connectivity space
Paratus Telecommunications South Africa, through its subsidiary Maxwell Technology, has partnered with Rain to provide a range of LTE products called Max-LTE. Customers can expect affordable rates, with speeds of between 20Mbps and 50Mbps. Wireless Business Solutions...
Nokia expands development, deployment of 5G FIRST
Meeting growing customer interest in 5G, Nokia is broadening its focus into multiple areas of early 5G mobility use cases, including enhanced mobile broadband and ultra-reliable, ultra-low latency communications. Nokia will push for accelerated 3GPP industry...
Drones create a buzz in SA’s cellular industry
Unnamed aerial vehicles (UAVs), colloquially known as drones, are emerging as the worker bees of South Africa's mobile telecommunications industry. That's according to Philip Smerkovitz, MD of enterprise-class UAV consultant and distributor TeleEye SA. "Few of South...
MTN opens up its fibre to the home network
Effective 1 September, MTN will open its fibre to the home (FTTH) access network, paving the way for independent internet service providers (ISPs) to provide value-added services to their customers via MTN's wholesale broadband fiber connection division. John Lewis,...
ZTE expands 5G capabilities
ZTE South Africa is expanding its 5G technology offerings in the face of the booming development of mobile internet and the popularity of new applications such as Internet of Things (IOT) strongly motivate 5G development and standardisation. According to Fu Zhen,...