Orange begins WiFi rollout in Cape Town

Nov 20, 2014

In partnership with the City of Cape Town, telecommunications service provider Orange is planning the imminent launch of its new Orange WiFi service, offering WiFi to those living in part of the areas of Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain. The partnership was announced at an official address by the Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, on Thursday.

Wireless in demand, despite fibre rollout

Nov 4, 2014

The demand for wireless in high-density fibre areas of South Africa continues unabated. This is according to Brenden Pronk, chief commercial officer of Comsol, who says that, even in the most dense fibre areas, Comsol and its biggest ISP client continue to deploy a...

Security company uses GIT solution

Oct 28, 2014

Graphic Image Technologies (GIT), specialists in remote CCTV and control room technologies, video compression and transmission, has supplied and installed a complete mobile surveillance solution into a number of cash-in-transit vehicles of a major security provider in...

Metacom enables remote ATM network roll-out

Sep 18, 2014

Spark ATM has grown to be South Africa’s leading independent ATM network since its inception in 2005, with more than 2 500 cash machines in some of the country’s most remote areas. These have all been built on the basis of a lean, low-cost business model that has...

Nigeria rolls out eID programme

Aug 29, 2014

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday received his national eID card, heralding the official launch of the eID pilot programme in the country. In the pilot phase, the Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will issue MasterCard-branded identity cards...