This week in tech has been especially exceptional not only is tech booming across Africa, but the continent also came in strong as Huawei revealed its GCI findings at the 2014 Huawei World Congress. Reporting straight out of China, at the event, we also witnessed as Huawei unveiled future tech which is set to drive the future of the industry.
While the 2014 Huawei World Congress has definitely been a major highlight this week, we also managed to capture some great images of the Huawei Cloud Congress Showcase Expo.
Also making the headlines this week was Vodacom. Vodacom revealed that it will be rolling out its Fibre To The Business (FTTB) service in Africa. Vox Telecom also graced the headlines this week, as the company revealed that it has now acquired Dynamic IT.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend. Be sure to check in next week as IT News Africa will be publishing images of our experience in China at the Huawei head quarters.
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Africa comes in strong as Huawei reveals GCI findings
At the 2014 Huawei Cloud Congress Huawei revealed its Global Connectivity (GCI) findings. With findings from 25 developing and emerging countries that account for 78% of global GDP and 68% of population, and 10 industries, including finance, manufacturing, education, transportation and logistics, the report is, according to Huawei, the first quantitative assessment of connectivity and its value from both national and industrial perspectives. Read More.
Durban executives welcome ICT Business Breakfast
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) executives in Durban welcomed the ICT Business Breakfast that leading industry publisher, IT News Africa organised in the city on Wednesday. Read More.
2014 Huawei Cloud Congress unveils future driven tech
Huawei has revealed a variety of products and solutions at the 2014 Huawei World Congress. Among the technology and solutions revealed was Huawei’s future-oriented Service Driven-Distributed Cloud Data Center (SD-DC²). Read More.
Vodacom rolls out Fibre To The Business
Vodacom Business announced the launch of Fibre To The Business (FTTB) services in South Africa. The initial rollout phase of Vodacom’s new Broadband Connect Fibre service sees broadband connectivity of up to 100Mbit/s coming to selected business parks in Gauteng, Cape Town, and Durban. Read More.
Vox Telecom Acquires Dynamic IT
Vox Telecom has concluded its acquisition of managed IT provider, Dynamic IT, as part of its growth and diversification strategy. Read More.
Opinions
Can an enterprise mobility strategy empower the workforce?
As smartphone adoption in South Africa continues to accelerate beyond all expectation, enterprises are increasingly focusing on how to capitalise on a ‘mobile-enabled’ workforce. Read More.
Demystifying Long Term Evolution
Data is being consumed rapidly and consumers require instant communication and access to information. This is mostly due to the emergence and increased availability of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets as well as more and less costly bandwidth. These ‘smart devices’ are allowing users to access the Internet, visit social media pages, access YouTube video’s and communicate with one another. As such, consumers are demanding faster Internet speeds, allowing them to upload and download at the proverbial rate of knots. Read More.
Top Feature
In Pictures: 2014 Huawei Cloud Congress Showcase
The 2014 Huawei Cloud Congress (HCC) has drawn quite a lot of attention this week here at the Shanghai Expo centre. Vendors from all over the world have stepped forward in order to showcase a variety of software and solutions to ICT professionals across China. View the gallery here.
Gadgets and Gaming
Apple’s iOS 8 is on the way
Apple is preparing to give its products a much needed update with the announcement of the upcoming iOS 8 software update. According to Apple, iOS 8 is the biggest iOS release ever and will be aimed at spicing things up for developers as well as consumers. Read More.
Darryl Linington
