Telkom ploughs R12bn into new network

Telkom Wholesale and Networks is investing R12-billion in its next generation high speed broadband network to support South Africa’s broadband ecosystem. Alphonzo Samuels, acting MD: Wholesale and Networks, says that free DSL speed upgrades during 2012 and 2013, as...

BT invests in emerging market growth

BT is to increase its focus on Africa, as part of a new drive into the economies of Asia Pacific, Turkey, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) – a combined market valued at more than GBP32-billion. BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez says he region will benefit from the...

Seacom to increase IP investment in 2014

Seacom will focus on renewing its IP network in 2014, upgrading to new equipment to ensure that its enterprise customers have the best possible network experience. CEO Mark Simpson says that, although Seacom is probably best known for its undersea fibre cable...

Content marketing pays dividends

Communication professionals are seeing a high return on investment from implementing a content marketing strategy. This is according to a report by Waggener Edstrom entitled Content Marketing: Puncturing the Hype and Getting Practical, which found that of the 82% of...

Liebherr invests R27m in the ATI

The Liebherr Academy, a social responsibility imitative of Liebherr-Africa, will have invested as much as R27-million in training artisans at the black empowered training institute, the Artisan Training Institute (ATI), by the end of 2014. The current aim is to train...