South Africa’s third mobile operator, Cell C, has commercially launched Africa’s first HSPA+ 900 network.
The company officially switched on the high-speed network, dubbed 4GS – 4 Great Speed and 4 Great Service – in Port Elizabeth, South Africa as part of its nationwide network rollout. Using world-leading software-defined radio technology, Port Elizabeth will for [...]
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced the arrival in Nairobi, Kenya of the Mobile Broadband (MBB) Huawei Truck for the second leg of its Sub-Saharan Road show.
From the 16th to 18th of August, Huawei has demonstrated its innovative mobile broadband end to end [...]
SOUTH Africa’s telecommunications giant, Telkom has announced introduction of high speed DSL, which will translate into efficient and easy access to the internet.
The newly introduced Fastest DSL went live on Monday with speeds reaching “up to10 Mbps”.
Telkom spokesman, Pynee Chetty, told our reporters that internet users were in for big benefits from the telecom operator.
“Within [...]
Mobile broadband currently accounts for only 10% of total mobile subscriptions but a rapidly increasing majority of the traffic. Ericsson’s measurement of actual traffic in networks around the world show that global mobile data has nearly tripled in the last year, growing more than 10 times faster than voice. Mobile data traffic continues to grow [...]
Ghana’s search for effective and sustainable connectivity solutions for its rural populations gathered momentum on Monday, in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region, during a workshop of key stakeholders which included the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Ghana’s Ministry of Communications, the National Communications Authority (NCA), the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), members of [...]
THE East African Region’s tourism industry has been urged to take advantage of faster internet speeds, increasing dominance of electronic commerce (e-commerce) and the rise of social media sites to further accelerate growth within the industry.
E-Tourism Frontiers chief executive Damian Cook says that due to the fast growth in the information and communications technology (ICT) [...]
A report from the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) has revealed that 43.9 million Nigerians have access to the internet.
According to the Vanguard, Mr. Abasiama Idaresit Managing Director Wild Fusion, an internet marketing firm based in Ikoyi said:
“This is the latest stats from the International Telecommunication Union, ITU and this makes Nigeria the largest [...]
Neotel, a South African communications network operator is hosting the Eastern African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) Management Committee in Johannesburg. This meeting represents an important milestone for EASSy, which was recently completed, and will be brought into commercial service during August 2010.
EASSy is a 1.3 Tbps (terabits per second) submarine optical fibre cable system that [...]
DESPITE the arrival and successful operation of a third undersea fibre optic cable, East Africa Submarine System (EASSy) the penetration of the internet in rural communities is still very low.
Both the service providers and the Ministry of Information and Communication is alarmed by the low penetration rate into rural areas and and are intent on [...]
Cisco announced today that the Wananchi Group, provider of triple-play (broadband, multi-channel cable television and voice telephony) and VSAT (broadband data and internet) services, has signed a contract for the purchase of Cisco network technology solutions and services in East Africa. The agreement is supported by Cisco Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, [...]
JUST seven months after commencing cable construction and installation, and following a comprehensive program of testing, the WIOCC-EASSy cable is now complete, has gone live and is ready for business.
This marks the launch of the largest submarine system serving sub-Saharan Africa. The cable, which was completed on time and on budget, will revolutionize global connectivity [...]