Pepsico trials global fibre connection

Sep 9, 2014

Simba, the crisp-making subsidiary of the Pepsico Group, has implemented a 25Mbps fibre line from Internet service provider (ISP) XDSL at its headquarters in Isando.

Namibia sees biggest TV White Spaces trial

Aug 28, 2014

MyDigitalBridge Foundation, in partnership with Microsoft and Adaptrum, and with support from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)-Namibia, has successfully trialled the Namibian TV White Spaces (TVWS) pilot project. The...

Holidays, trial eat into notebook sales

May 23, 2014

Sales at The Notebook Company, a leading retailer of notebooks and accessories, were down by 20% in April and May. CEO Christopher Riley comments: “April is often a tough month. But this year, during April and May, we had all the normal holidays – which are a rash of...

Netherlands sees first LTE broadcast trial

May 8, 2014

KPN is the first network operator in the Netherlands to conduct live tests with LTE broadcast, in collaboration with Amsterdam ArenA and communications technology and services provider Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, Samsung and IBM. The trial took place on Saturday...

Google pilots TV White Spaces project

Mar 26, 2013

Google and its partners have today announced the launch of a TV White Spaces (TVWS) trial with 10 schools in the Cape Town area.  White spaces are unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum. They offer the potential to improve Internet connectivity in the developing...