XDSL offers a free hosted PBX solution
XDSL, a local Internet service provider, is presenting mid- to large-sized organisations with a South African first: a hosted, fully managed, enterprise grade PABX with all the bells and whistles running on a Diginet line. It comes in at a fraction of standard costs....
How VoIP works
British author Arthur C. Clarke famously said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. For many, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) falls into this magical category. VoIP – also known as Voice over IP, broadband phone or Internet...
VoIP shifts into top gear as fibre blooms
A very exciting development currently playing out in the voice over IP (VoIP) arena is the sudden growth in fibre business premises, says Rob Lith, director of Connection Telecom. Having fibre-ready offices makes a company’s transition to VoIP infinitely easier, as...
SA’s LLU caught in a continuous loop
Despite claims to the contrary by the country’s Department of Communications (DoC), broadband penetration in South Africa remains extremely low, which is hindering the country’s socio-economic growth. The DoC is being questioned about figures it released as fact in...
execMobile offers global data roaming
execMobile now offers mobile executives convenient, cost effective mobile data roaming as a post-paid service, reducing the cost of data connectivity by as much as 98% when travelling outside South Africa. Total cost control is delivered over a real time global mobile...
Switching to alternative telecoms
Gone are the days when South African consumers and corporations had just one option for addressing their telecoms needs. These days, the industry is abuzz with new providers entering the market, rolling out their own infrastructure and offering its services at...
Carriers must displace OTT players
With OTT (over-the-top) messaging overtaking SMS for the first time, global leader in solution enablement for service providers, Movius Interactive Corporation, claims it is time carriers make moves to displace the OTT players. Informa reported last month that almost...
Procrastination hinders telecoms uptake
Universal access to the Internet in South Africa is no longer being held back by high prices or a lack of education, but by government and regulatory inefficiency. Smartphones and mobile computing devices are getting cheaper and broadband far more affordable. But the...
Transparent billing key for telcos
With a price war in full swing in South Africa’s telecommunications market, the time is ripe for mobile providers to start looking at the central role that billing has to play in their customer strategies. This lynchpin of the customer experience has been neglected...
Cambium welcomes EU’s NGA vision
Cambium Networks, a leading provider of IP wireless broadband access and transport solutions, has welcomed the European Union’s decision to acknowledge fixed wireless broadband technology as an enabler for next generation access (NGA). The news comes as Cambium...
Banking embraces cloud telephony
One of South Africa’s biggest retail banks, noted for its innovative use of technology, has again moved ahead of the competition with a cloud-based PBX solution from Connection Telecom. The Telviva platform provides the basis for easy group-wide rollout of a...
XDSL Diginet provides channel opportunities
For vendors of PABX equipment and companies providing ICT support services to enterprise or small businesses, selling voice over IP (VoIP) services into their client base is an attractive business opportunity. It can lower telephony costs for the client, while earning...