AfricaCom, Ericsson launches AHUB
Aiming to promote innovation by tech-start-ups on the African continent and their access to funding, AfricaCom’s latest community-driven event - AHUB, is presented by Ericsson. This unique innovation hub will bring together as many active funders and investors as...
Bytes to strengthen RICA
Mobile operators and banks are increasingly looking to technology to help strengthen the RICA process in order to combat growing fraud. For example, the number of cases of fraudulent SIM swaps grew by some 900 percent between 2011 and 2014. “Upgrades, SIM swaps and...
OpenWeb launches Mobile Static IP
Companies are now for the first time able to host devices, apps and other items on a mobile connection without their publicly accessible IP addresses changing. OpenWeb has launched Mobile Static IP packages, offering customers up to LTE speed mobile data with 5 static...
Intelsat, OneWeb in strategic alliance
Intelsat has announced that it has entered into a commercial agreement with OneWeb, the venture planning to build, deploy and operate a low earth orbit (“LEO”) Ku-band satellite constellation. Under the agreement, Intelsat will partner with OneWeb to use OneWeb’s LEO...
Jasco activates redundant fibre link
Jasco has announced the activation of a dedicated fibre link between its NewTelco data centre located in Midrand and the Teraco data centre in Isando, Johannesburg. This link ensures that Jasco can offer fully redundant carrier- and service provider-neutral data...
Bandwidth is pivotal to SA’s growth
South Africa’s bandwidth pricing has experienced less dramatic reductions of late, after several years of more aggressive price drops - but, predicts Brian Timperley of Turrito Networks, a new round of disruption is due under the twin pressures of fibre rollout to...
MTN SA wins best brand award
MTN has scooped the much-sought after Total Telecom Best Brand Award in recognition of the popular MTN Sky “Win a Plane” competition. The fiercely contested Total Telecom Best Brand Award is conferred to companies that have elevated their brand awareness in the past...
Fibre unleashes limitless creativity
The introduction of fibre-optic connections to homes and businesses in South Africa isn’t a mere incremental enhancement in the quality of our Internet connections, says Saurabh Kumar, MD at In2IT Technologies South Africa. With speeds that are orders of magnitude...
WhiteSpace Alliance grows global deployment
The WhiteSpace Alliance (WSA) has announced that technology sharing and interoperability testing among its members is accelerating global deployment of TV band Internet access. WhiteSpace Alliance has been at the forefront of developing standards-based...
Ericsson 5G pilot makes Swedish mines safer
Ericsson is to launch a pilot project that will use 5G technology for communication and remote control operations. A collaboration between several Swedish companies, the project is set to improve productivity and safety in the Swedish mining industry. In the initial...
PCCW recognised by Frost & Sullivan
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has been recognised by Frost & Sullivan with the 2015 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Connectivity Solutions Customer Value Leadership Award. This...
Workonline offers free IPv6 transit to ISPs
In a move to accelerate the deployment of IPv6 in Africa, leading specialised terrestrial network service provider Workonline Communications is offering 100 Mbps of free IPv6 transit to qualifying AfriNIC LIR members. The announcement was made at an AfriNIC IPv6...