The satellites will be used for surveillance of the waters, including shipping movements within the country's exclusive economic zone.
South Africa desperately needs to up its connectivity for citizens to engage in other forms of economic activity, stresses Broadband Infraco CEO Andrew Matseke.
Industry players and analysts believe the local satellite connectivity market is about to open up, with new entrants looking to set up shop in South Africa.
COVID-19 accelerated the requirements for data and, in turn, assisted in the performance of the fibre business for the six months ended 31 December.
The ZTE LTE Router MF286R and ZTE LTE Router MF286C combine the solid delivery of a stationary router with the versatility of a mobile WiFi router.
The regulator lauds the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal against Telkom on a matter relating to the leasing of facilities between licensed operators.
South Africa’s telcos struggled to provide meaningful customer service under lockdown, with Rain and Telkom ranked as the worst performers, says BrandsEye.
Matatiele, Kokstad and Mount Fletcher are some areas where mobile network operators have deployed temporary spectrum to overcome historical capacity constraints.
Andre Barnard will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s recruitment, talent mobility and succession planning.
ZTE launches a 2G/3G/4G/5G/Fixed full access-based Common Core based on the SBA architecture to achieve deep integration of multiple access.
NETGEAR’s new WAX204 dual band WiFi 6 AX1800 wireless access point delivers easy to set up and manage high-performance business WiFi for home offices and small businesses.
The revised policy of the ambitious government broadband programme bumps up connectivity speeds from 10Mbps to 100Mbps, pending budget confirmation for phase two rollout.