Come with us to explore #ConnectingTheFuture LIVE from @MWC. Are you ready to reveal the unprecedented? #HuaweiMWC #MWC2019 pic.twitter.com/UllvyhBiVq — Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) February 1, 2019 Huawei is set to reveal its 5G foldable phone at Mobile...
Across Africa, the download speeds experienced by smartphone users vary greatly, even for countries with similar 4G availability. While users in South Africa, Morocco, Senegal and Kenya connect to 4G signals on average between 72% and 75% of the time,...
Digital transformation is well and truly underway, both in business and across our daily lives. As technology continues to change the way we work and live, it’s worth looking at the year ahead to see what technology is likely to have the biggest impact in...
January 7, 2019 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Fundi •
Comments Off on Cellcom selects Parallel Wireless for network expansion
Parallel Wireless, the provider of the end-to-end software-based network solutions for 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G, has announced that it was selected by Wisconsin-based wireless carrier Cellcom for their network expansion. Parallel Wireless will connect both consumer...
Unlocking spectrum for the mobile industry to deliver innovative 5G services across different industry sectors could add $565 billion to global GDP and $152 billion in tax revenue from 2020 to 2034, according to a new report launched by the GSMA....
December 4, 2018 •
Features •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on The technologies that will shape the business landscape in 2019
The past few years have seen the technology landscape alter tremendously, with both consumers and professionals benefitting from continued innovation in the areas of cloud, IoT, networking and virtual and augmented reality – to name but a few. However, it...
New Zealand’s largest telecoms carrier Spark has confirmed that the country’s intelligence agency had barred it from using equipment provided by China’s Huawei in its 5G network as it posed “significant national security risks”....
November 26, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Fundi •
Comments Off on Mobile is no longer inferior to Wifi, study reveals
5G will accelerate the advantage of mobile technology because of the pace of mobile innovation and the dependency of Wifi network experiences on the quality of fixed network broadband deployments which are slow and expensive to upgrade with fibre to the...
Africa faces a predicament when it comes to expansion of telecom network in the continent. It remains one of the most under-penetrated regions in the world with even the basic 2G network yet to reach over 110 million people (as per GSMA report) in the...
It has been just a decade since the mobile phone spread rapidly across Africa, leapfrogging the landline and bringing literacy, education and connectivity to widely scattered populations. Mobile has played a significant role in building improved communities,...
November 1, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on 5G Mega Elephant Flows will pummel mobile networks
Opanga Networks recently announced it is extending partnerships with major mobile network providers worldwide to enable 5G services as bandwidth demand continues to double year-over-year. While 5G will empower OTT companies to deploy augmented/virtual...
October 11, 2018 •
Internet of Things •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Huawei activates intelligence to build better smart cities
Currently underway the Huawei Connect 2018, Huawei held a Smart City Summit with the theme “Activate Intelligence to Build Better Smart Cities”. This year’s Huawei Connect conference is designed to help all businesses and organisations step...
September 14, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Ericsson strengthens end-to-end transport solutions for 5G
With 5G use cases placing more demanding requirements on the networks, Ericsson is strengthening its end-to-end mobile transport solutions by building on its radio expertise and adding best-in-class transport technologies from Juniper Networks and ECI...
Demand for high speed, low latency internet bandwidth is only going to keep on rising as we progress towards the end of the decade and beyond. More and more people are using the internet in South Africa every day, and they’re using it for more...
September 6, 2018 •
Features •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on 5G is the Fourth Industrial Revolution
5G is not just another G on the mobile technology evolution path. It is the fundamental platform for the fourth industrial revolution and will become an integral part of societies and civil infrastructures, just like roads, energy and transportation. 5G opens...
With 5G use cases placing more demanding requirements on the networks, Ericsson is strengthening its end-to-end mobile transport solutions by building on its radio expertise and adding best-in-class transport technologies from Juniper Networks and ECI...
