Date archive forJanuary, 2012
By Charlie Fripp On Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Video: Cisco Unified Data Center

Introducing the Cisco Unified Data Center the integrated approach for compute, network , storage , security and management in the data center which achieves business agility, financial efficiency and IT simplification.  More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Bharti Airtel ordered reinstate Econet shareholding

The Federal High Court of Nigeria today ordered mobile operator Bharti Airtel Nigeria Limited, to reinstate Econet Wireless’ 5% shareholding in the company. The judgement comes on the back of a long battle between More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Lukewarm state of triple play in SA

Given the worldwide interest in triple play, it is interesting that growth of this technology breakthrough is lagging in South Africa. Paul Luff, country manager SMC Networks (image: SMC Networks) It should come More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Business Intelligence and Analytics –The next frontier for African telecom operators

Opportunities and rapidly changing market dynamics make Africa one of the most vibrant markets in telecom.  Grand entry of MNC’s like Airtel, Vodafone and innovative initiatives like M- Pesa by incumbent players More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Big data holds big challenges for 2012

As 2012 rolls in amid continued economic uncertainty, businesses will have to work smarter to achieve sustainability and growth. One way of succeeding is to extract more value from data through business intelligence More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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eWallet use increased over December

South Africa’s First National Bank’s mobile eWallet has seen a 133% jump in growth for the month of December 2011, processing over R140 million in money transfer transactions as compared to R60 million More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Realtime Bytes puts Zimbabwe on a cloud

Realtime Bytes, a collaboration between Realtime Zimbabwe and Bytes Technology Group of South Africa, is now offering cloud services to the Zimbabwean market. The enabling equipment, which arrived in December, has More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Creating a successful contact centre

The quality of the consumer’s contact centre experience defines a significant portion of overall brand value – far more so now than was the case a few years ago. Elingo's Karl Reed explains the five More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Morocco boasts 36.5 million mobile users

Mobile users in Morocco continued their upward push through 2011, with the number of subscribers rising 14.29 percent to 36.55 million. According to a report from the country’s national telecom regulator ANRT More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Zambia could compensate Libya’s LAP Green

Zambia has said it would decide on whether to compensate Libya’s LAP Green Network in the near future, the country’s Attorney General Mumba Malila said in a press statement on Friday afternoon. Zambia will rule More...