The jury is still out on South Africa’s State Digital Infrastructure Company, as ICT pundits ponder the move to create another ill-fated state-owned entity.
Security in the cloud has become too complex to manage with a tactical approach.
The partnership brings local resources, capabilities and distribution support to customers in southern Africa.
The firm buys Garden Route Networks and Route Networks to extend its connectivity along the South African coast.
South African households with landline phones pale in comparison to those with cellphone access, with 92% of the population owning a cellphone, according to Census 2022 statistics.
The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and Cisco embark on the next phase of SA’s digitisation.
One of the fibre links traverses Swaziland and the other follows the Kamati Poort route, ensuring stability and resilience with the dual-route approach, the company says.
South Africa has the fastest average 4G download speeds and the highest amount of spectrum used for 4G connections in Africa, according to Opensignal.
NTT and Dimension Data are now able to offer clients flexible commercial investment options to modernise their networks.
The Department of Justice’s Deceased Estates Online Registration System is expected to go nation-wide in January 2024.
Close to R6 billion in spectrum fees remain due to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, after its historic spectrum auction process last year.