Gartner recognises BT in Asia Pacific region
BT’s capabilities in the Asia Pacific region have been highlighted by Gartner in its latest Critical Capabilities for Asia/Pacific Network Providers report. The report evaluated 13 vendors against four critical capabilities with varying weightings- Managed MPLS VPN,...
Ericsson prepared World Cup network
Ericsson Key Event Experience solution has been implemented to support Telefonica | Vivo in 2014 World Cup, held in Brazil. The solution, used at events that usually lead to a drastic increase in mobile traffic, was used for the first time in Brazil by the operator....
Airtel, Movirtu sign agreement
Airtel, one of the world’s largest mobile services providers, has entered into a group-wide framework agreement with Movirtu, an innovator in virtual SIM solutions. The group-wide agreement follows Airtel’s successful launch of the Movirtu Share service in Madagascar....
Satellite technology thrives in SA
Innovation and lower costs of deployment, coupled with the need to meet customer demand in areas where terrestrial infrastructure is limited, has fast tracked the growth of satellite broadband, leading to lower costs for South African end-users. This is according to...
Nomosphere opens office in Johannesburg
Nomosphere, one of the leading French players in the carrier Wi-Fi ecosystem, a division of Nomotech Group, has announced the first step in its planned worldwide expansion - the opening of its first international subsidiary in Johannesburg, South Africa: Nomosphere...
Vox launches SME telecomms solution
Vox Telecom has launched a specialised suite of solutions, aimed at delivering scalable, flexible and more importantly cost effective telecommunications to the growing small and medium enterprise (SME) market. According to Jacques du Toit, CEO at Vox Telecom, SMEs...
Alcatel-Lucent ships 5m vectoring lines
Alcatel-Lucent further underlined leadership in fixed-line ultra-broadband access by reaching the milestone of 5-million VDSL2 vectoring line shipments. The company is also seeing an industry tipping point with VDSL2 vectoring shipments now surpassing non-vectored...
Neotel partners with WAPA
In order to improve telecommunications access across the towns and under-serviced areas in South Africa, Neotel has partnered with the Wireless Access Providers' Association (WAPA) as a full member. The partnership gives Neotel access to WAPA resources and members...
Ericsson named leader in Magic Quadrant
Ericsson has announced that Gartner has positioned Ericsson as an LTE industry leader within the "Leaders" quadrant of its Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for LTE Infrastructure report for the fifth year in a row. Gartner, the world's leading information technology...
Broadband price war soars to new level
The Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, recently met with the Council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), and urged all parties to work together to cut communications costs in South Africa. The broadband market is becoming ever...
Turning data into revenue
Data monetisation – the art of turning information into actions that generate business revenue – is generating a lot of interest among enterprises around the world. The possibility that information can be collated and analysed, to deliver the silver bullets that...
Local telecoms space will see change in 2014
There has been much investment into the South African telecoms market over the past few years, particularly with regard to undersea and terrestrial fibre backbone networks as well as wireless mobile coverage, says Eckart Zollner, head of Business Development, Jasco...