Converged networking is a trend which brings together voice, video and data traffic on a single network, says Wolfgang Held, network consultant at 3Com SA.
Cisco Systems has announced Long Range Ethernet, designed to utilise existing telephone lines to offer broadband networking capabilities in buildings without existing networking infrastructure.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released a variety of global standards addressing the needs of carriers, corporates and home users.
Avaya has introduced the Cajun P882 MultiService Backbone switch and CajunRules policy management software, which is designed to improve companies` converged networks.
Software development company TranXactive has completed a round of acquisitions, positioning it to become a major player in Microsoft .NET, Mobile and Speech technologies.
As SA prepares for a liberalised telecommunications market, the Namibian monopoly operator says it has a simple formula to prevent competition: be better than anyone else and be willing to risk death to send a message to the government.
Lotus Development and Telstra, an Australian information and telecoms company, have entered into an agreement which will allow Telstra to offer access to Domino servers from Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) devices.
The convergence of document output technology is accelerating and output devices are becoming components of information delivery systems, says Christo Briedenhann, infrastructure solutions senior account manager at Datacentrix.
iTouch, a Cape Town-based mobile information company, and MIH Asia have signed an agreement to provide wireless data services to mobile customers in China, Indonesia, Thailand and Greece.
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is being geared up to take advantage of new GPRS technology, which will be rolled out throughout Europe next year.
Avaya has introduced Internet protocol telephony capabilities to Alchemy, its voice and data convergence platform which targets small to medium-sized enterprises in Europe and Japan.
Protekon, a subsidiary of Transnet, has installed a voice-over-data solution from CCI, a voice, video and data convergence company.