South Africa: quest to find computer architecture to handle SKA data
Square Kilometer Array (SKA) South Africa, a business unit of the country’s National Research Foundation is joining ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, and IBM in a four-year collaboration to research extremely fast, but low-power exascale computer systems aimed at developing advanced technologies for handling the massive amount More...
Airspan Networks to lead on 4G deployment in South Sudan
Airspan Networks Inc., an established provider of 4G broadband wireless access networks, has announced that RCS-Communication Ltd, a seasoned service provider in South Sudan, has selected its solution for a 4G More...
Telkom SA broadband trial a success
Telkom South Africa is pleased to report that its high-speed broadband trial has been successful. On the back of a successful high-speed broadband trial, Telkom SA has announced plans to launch DSL options to the More...
Telecom Namibia connects to WACS
Telecom Namibia, the national fixed and mobile telecoms operator in Namibia, has entered into an agreement with NewTelco South Africa, represented by Jasco Co-location Solutions, to establish a total of four international More...
Nigeria’s Glo announces global Wi-Fi bundle
Nigeria’s telecom operator Globacom (Glo) has announced the launch of a new Internet wireless router in the hope that it will boost ”on-the-go and office” connections for users. Nigerian More...
Ethiopia: Ericsson launches school broadband project
Global telecommunication services operator Ericsson has launched a new school broadband project in Ethiopia aimed at boosting Internet services for local schools in an effort to increase infrastructure and services More...
Ologa, SkyeVine partner to boost connectivity in Mozambique
Representing a new era in satellite connectivity services to business in Mozambique, Ologa, an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company and official reseller partner of SkyeVine, was recently awarded More...
Microsoft, Indigo Telecom to deliver low-cost broadband access
Microsoft, in collaboration with the government of Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications and Indigo Telecom Ltd., has launched a pilot project to deliver low-cost wireless broadband access More...
Vodacom Tanzania progresses on 3G backbone
Vodacom Tanzania has announced that it would have the second stage of its backbone 3G link up and running by April 2013. The company also added that it would be operational at that time and deliver faster and more More...
Maroc Telecom announces massive broadband investment
Maroc Telecom headquarters. (Image: File) Morocco is seeing a massive boost in broadband Internet efforts as Maroc Telecom, an established telecom operator in the North African country, announced a MAD 10.1 More...