Vox launches Vobi, drives down telephony costs
Integrated ICT and connectivity provider, Vox, has launched Vobi, a mobile softphone that allows users to make and receive calls from their mobile phones, using the Vox Telecom network, for better rates than those offered by the operators. "For 20 years the mobile...
Workonline further unlocks European access
South African service provider Workonline Communications now also offers its customers a connection to the NL-ix peering fabric in Amsterdam, as well as peering on this themselves. NL-ix is a distributed Internet Exchange (IX) with over 100 interconnected datacenters...
Private, public sectors must work together for African telecoms
New and innovative partnerships between governments, the private sector and multilateral financing institutions are vital to improving broadband penetration and boosting investment in telecoms infrastructure in African countries that have fallen behind their peers....
Appetite for data creates mobile operator challenge
The 21st century has been declared the era of mobile communications, and appropriately so, writes Dale Engelbrecht, key account manager at Jasco Carrier. In 2014, according to Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI) the total number of connected mobile devices...
Satellite brings broadband to game reserve
In the more remote parts of the country, there is very little infrastructure, making it harder to provide ubiquitous broadband. Visitors to locations that are off the beaten track find that reliable Internet connections are not readily available. This can be a major...
Cell C wins at Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards
Cell C has won two prestigious awards at the Ask Afrika Orange Index annual awards ceremony. The Ask Afrika Orange Index, South Africa's largest and most widely-referenced service excellence benchmark with 15 000 interviews across 33 industries, ranked Cell C ahead of...
Orange Business Services tackles IoT, big data
Orange Business Services has announced the worldwide launch of Datavenue, its innovative internet of things (IoT) and data analytics modular offer. Datavenue will help multinational and large national corporations seize the endless opportunities offered by the IoT...
Huawei wins Green Initiative Award
Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, and IHS Towers (IHS), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, were awarded TowerXchange’s 2016 Green Initiative Award at the Middle East & Africa (MEA)...
Mobile service provider loyalty at three-year low
The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) for Mobile Data Service Providers reveals that South African consumers express low levels of loyalty to their mobile data service providers and are generally disappointed with the service they receive from...
Big video needs fixed broadband commitment
Chris Mulley, principal architect at ZTE, urged operators at Broadband World Forum (BBWF) to embrace the future of fixed broadband (FBB) connectivity, in order to progress with future demands put to the industry. The prime theme in fixed networks is the demand for...
Satellite broadband terrestrial networks
Big technology and Internet solutions ensuresthat businesses are protected from costly downtime, missed trades, and delayed communications. Developments in satellite technology allow for reach beyond the limitations of terrestrial networks, helping to bridge the...
Openserve, Huawei deploy SA fibre
Openserve and Huawei have jointly announced the successful deployment of a high-speed fibre packet and optical transport network. This will enable Openserve to respond to the exponential growth in demand for data services across South Africa, with trial results...