Andy Robb, a technology specialist at Duxbury Networking, looks at how to improve the physical attributes of a wireless local area network (WLAN).
Cell C raised EUR400 million on the European capital market to repay certain debts.
Senegalese mobile company Manobi has launched a project providing market information to Limpopo farmers via cellphone.
In today`s technology roundup: US government retains Internet control, WiMax to go mobile, iTunes boosts Podcasting, IE security flaw confirmed, and IBM says phishing attacks are increasing.
New Clicks Holdings has installed Datalinx Technologies` CellPAD GPRS-based point of sale and transaction processing devices at its stores to facilitate the sale of prepaid cellular airtime.
Prepaid cellular is the fastest growing industry in SA with approximately 10 000 new customers buying prepaid cellphones each day, says Cointel.
Aruba Networks has been selected by Microsoft to provide networking equipment for a wireless LAN (WLAN) that will serve over 25 000 simultaneous users every day across 60 countries around the world.
Econet Wireless International plans to move into more African nations soon.
Duxbury Networking has announced that Netgear`s RangeMax range of wireless products is now available to South African users.
Namibia`s cellular provider MTC is seeking an investor to take up a 34% stake in the company.
MTN has officially launched its commercial 3G offering, six months after rival Vodacom entered the market.
Dell has introduced the Latitude X1 notebook computer, which weighs 1.14kg.
