Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that SkyVision Global Networks LLC (“SkyVision”), a leading global provider of Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fiber optic systems, signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C- and Ku-band…

Service Providers striving for rapid creation and deployment of IP-based, multi-stakeholder services will benefit from today’s announcement that IPsphere has joined TM Forum and will integrate its framework into the TM Forum’s ever-expanding Service Delivery Framework program.

Unisys Corporation last week announced that DGM-Sistemas Lda, an Angola-based IT company, has awarded a three-year contract, valued at approximately $22 million, to Unisys Portugal to help develop and roll out a new citizen ID card programme for the Ministry…

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A CD is a CD and DVD a DVD right, well sort of. Despite marketers’ most sincere efforts most consumers still struggle to keep up with what CD and for that matter DVD recordable formats are available out there.

The Comium Group has announced that it has nine WiMAX licences in East and West Africa, including in the Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Burundi.

With the effects of the economic slump in South Africa still being felt by consumers, getting the best value for money is essential.

Interactive Intelligence Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is releasing an integrated solution that combines its all-in-one IP communications software platform with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Just under half of the countries in Africa have liberalised their broadcast markets and there has been a considerable growth in the number of new television and radio stations.

South African President, Thabo Mbeki, has credited the Presidential International Advisory Council on Information Society and Development (PIAC) for being at the centre of the country’s advancement in information technology over the past eight years.

The advent of converged communications offers significant opportunities for consumers and businesses. For consumers, the utopia lies in having all communication services available under one contract.

Vodafone UK is trialling a unique service that enables all UK mobile users to send text messages from their Facebook profile to friends.The pilot service will be extended later this month to also include picture messages.

Spescom Limited, a JSE-listed integrated business communications solution provider, and Presence Technology, a provider of contact centre performance optimisation software, have achieved significant successes with their combined call centre offering in the local market.

Sparked by the ongoing explosion of audio, video, photos, and text being generated or converted in digital formats, the global market for digital asset management (DAM) solutions – software intended to capture, organize, store and distribute an organization’s digital content…

A world-class system developed by the JSE listed IT services and solutions specialist Faritec for Nedbank Financial Planning has positioned the bank at the forefront of the industry in the arena of financial planning.