Section - Telecommunications

MetroFibre reaffirms Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business certification

by Allan Davison | June 29, 2026 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications | 0 Comments

MetroFibre has reaffirmed that it holds Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business certification across its six certified Carrier Ethernet services: E-Line, Access E-Line (A EPL), Access E-Line (A EVPL), Transit E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree. The Mplify Carrier Ethernet for...

Connectivity has become a board-level strategic issue

by Allan Davison | May 22, 2026 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications Trends | 0 Comments

There was a time when connectivity was seen as infrastructure, or worse, as background noise for the IT department while business decision-makers focused on more important decisions. By Willem van Zyl, chief technology officer of Backspace Technologies Those days are...

Resilience is the new competitive advantage

by Allan Davison | May 19, 2026 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications Trends | 0 Comments

In today's digital economy, continuous connectivity is no longer a luxury but an expectation, making uninterrupted uptime essential. By Richard Schumacher, Seacom group MD: digital infrastructure Yet many organisations still treat redundancy as a technical...

Connectivity fails when people can’t use it

by Allan Davison | May 12, 2026 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications Trends | 0 Comments

As South Africa prepares to mark World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on 17 May, the conversation around connectivity is shifting from infrastructure to impact. Vuyani Jarana, CEO of Ilitha Telecommunications, says the next phase of South Africa’s...

Mobile operators to focus on customers

by Allan Davison | Jan 17, 2013 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications Trends | 0 Comments

Visionary companies in the mobile telecommunications space are beginning to look at how they can set themselves apart by managing and optimising their customer service to retain and expand their subscriber base. 2013 is likely to be the year of customer experience in...

BT positioned as Leader by Gartner

by Allan Davison | Jan 11, 2013 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications | 0 Comments

BT has announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services report for the third consecutive year. The report by Gartner includes analysis of 21 global vendors that...

Opportunities for PON vendors in China

by Allan Davison | Jan 10, 2013 | Technology Areas, Telecommunications | 0 Comments

The deployment of smart grids based on passive optical network (PON) fibre communications will provide a $1,5-billion to $2-billion opportunity to FTTx PON component and equipment vendors, according to global analyst firm Ovum. In a new report, the independent...