Aug 11, 2015
SATNAC, the annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, will again be hosted by Telkom in partnership with sponsors from the industry. This year’s event will be held from 6 to 9 September at Arabella Hotel & Spa, in the heart of...
Sep 2, 2014
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – While technology is important in enabling transformation, it is useless unless we bring people along with it – and South Africa has an obligation to nurture its talent. This is the word from Saki Missaikos, MD of Internet...
Sep 2, 2014
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – Among the challenges of the broadband divide is the fact that people who work in urban areas may not be able to connect in their homes. This is because broadband is currently concentrated in built up cities and results in...
Sep 2, 2014
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – Facilities management may not be a discipline usually associated with networking, but it has a critical role in supporting the provision of ubiquitous broadband. Cornelius van der Merwe, chief operating officer of TFMC, says...
Sep 2, 2014
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – While many different sciences are central to the success of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the network carrying data around the globe is vital. “Optical fibre very much forms the backbone of the network,” says Professor Tim...
