Xpertek Contact, Turnstyle partner on WiFi

Xpertek Contact, the customer experience management division of the Xpertek Group, has partnered with Canadian-based Turnstyle Solutions to launch Turnstyle’s cloud-based solution and products in southern Africa. Turnstyle develops a range of social WiFi,...

Ruckus launches SmartCell Gateway

Ruckus Wireless has unveiled the industry’s first carrier-class virtualised wireless LAN (WLAN) controller, the Ruckus virtual SmartCell Gateway (vSCG), designed to streamline the creation of highly scalable and resilient cloud-based wireless LAN (WLAN) services. The...

IS buys out 100% of AlwaysOn

Internet Solutions (IS) has increased its shareholding in WiFi provider AlwaysOn to 100%, for an undisclosed sum. Internet Solutions acquired its original interest (51%) in the company in 2009. AlwaysOn provides secure WiFi Internet access to over 1 400 locations in...

Q-KON envisages a new era in WiFi use

Dr Dawie de Wet, CEO of engineering group and systems integrator Q-KON, believes that the local wireless infrastructure market has matured to the point that it is ready to facilitate the cultivation of a centralised, large-scale open access and national network. The...

WiFi fundamentally alters smartphone use

Despite the availability of LTE in South Africa, WiFi will remain the preferred form of connectivity for the foreseeable future according to Ruckus Wireless. A Mobidia-sponsored Informa White Paper has found that, globally, WiFi data usage is much greater than...