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,...
Theft affects connectivity in Bishop Lavis
Openserve has reported another major incident of cable theft in the Bishop Lavis area. As with an incident in May this year, multiple cables of varying lengths have been cut and stolen. Lucas Ndala, Openserve's chief of operations, says that this is having a major...
Ruckus connects the hospitality market
Ruckus, a part of Brocade, announced its fourth generation wall-mounted access point (AP) designed to provide hotel guests with fast, reliable WiFi. The Ruckus H320 all-in-one AP and switch features the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 technology, enabling guests to...
Vox lights up fibre in Richard´s Bay
Integrated ICT and telco provider Vox has finalised and lit up the first three precincts in Richards Bay, the first non-metropolitan town in its National Long Distance Fibre Project which was launched in October 2016. With a thriving industrial and mining sector,...
IOX, Alcatel deploy Mauritius cable
Mauritius-based IOX Cable and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the IOX Cable System, which will increase the availability of ultra-high speed broadband services and reinforce Mauritius as a...
Fibre the best thing for suburbs since the lightbulb, says Otel
High-speed fibre optic broadband access is the most promising suburban development since electricity. "Fibre's the best thing since lightbulbs began lighting up homes," says Rad Jankovic, CEO of independent telecommunications provider, Otel. Companies like Otel are...
How carriers can monetise video
For years, video has caused headaches for telecom carriers, driving costs up faster than revenue and leaving consumers dissatisfied. But as technology improves, and consumer viewing habits change, the future presents increasingly better prospects. By Ryan Ding,...