Telkom’s strategy to move customers from legacy copper-based services to newer technology results in a boom for its mobile broadband business.
NEC XON wins a contract to deploy a national DWDM network based on ADVA technology for the South African National Research Network.
The Pan-African telecoms company adds eight new points of presence across the continent.
Broadband Infraco eyes ways to turn its precarious financial state around that do not require a bailout from government.
The recently-launched satellites can be used to provide broadband Internet connectivity in the remote regions of Africa.
South Africa needs an enlightened spectrum allocation process which fosters competition in the mobile market, says Telkom group CEO Sipho Maseko.
Telkom sees an 86% increase in its mobile subscribers and now has 9.7 million customers in SA.
South Africa ranks 49 out of 68 countries in an expat survey on the best and worst countries to live a digital life abroad.
The company hints it will announce some big deals in software-defined networking in a wide area network space.
Currently, AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Express Route and Google's Cloud Platform are all available via the cloud exchange.
The companies showcased the 5G high-precision positioning network equipment at the Xiong'an 5G Innovation Development Cooperation Conference.
Customers should look beyond the product to the true nature of the ISP, and the service and support that underpins it, says Grant Parker, GM, SEACOM Business South Africa.