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September 13, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on Liquid Telecom connects Cape to Cairo with the “One Africa” broadband network
Durban recently played host to the ITU Telecom World 2018 conference, one of the largest events of its kind on the African continent and hosted by the Department of Telecommunications and Post of the Republic of South Africa. Among many of the significant...
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September 12, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on More governments now benchmark broadband status in their national plans
A new report issued by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development shows that a growing number of governments now benchmark the status of broadband in their national broadband plans. This year, the report shows for the first time that at least 15...
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July 5, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on MTN introduces Made For Home
MTN has extended their customer offering with the introduction of a new Broadband proposition, addressing consumers’ need for in-home Internet connectivity. The MTN Made For Home proposition is offered on MTNs fixed LTE network, and is specifically...
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May 23, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on Terrestrial fibre still mother of all bottlenecks in Africa say experts at Africa Panel Session
Experts at the Africa Session of the International Telecoms Week conference in Chicago have described terrestrial fibre constraints as the mother of all bottlenecks hindering increased Internet penetration on the continent. During his presentation on the...
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May 7, 2018 •
Internet of Things •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on 5G IoT to change how we work and live
A new Internet of Things-focused (IoT) 5G R&D center in Russia will soon help to transform the lives of people, businesses, and society in Russia and beyond – Ericsson President and CEO, Börje Ekholm, said. Speaking at the official opening of the...
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April 24, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on Building 5G on the Foundation of 600 Global LTE Networks
The nearly 600 LTE networks worldwide will form the mobile broadband foundation to the next generation – 5G wireless technology. 5G Americas, the industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, and RCR Wireless News announced the...
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February 1, 2018 •
Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on WIRUlink increases wireless internet coverage across South Africa
WIRUlink has announced that it will be increasing its wireless internet coverage to include various outlying regions across South Africa, with its latest deployments, including Heidelberg and Nigel. This move will see the wireless broadband provider expanding...
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January 31, 2018 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Reunert expands broadband connectivity market with SkyWire acquisition
Electronics and electrical engineering company, Reunert, has announced that it intends to fully acquire SkyWire Technologies. SkyWire, a wireless broadband service provider, predominantly serves business customers and has an extensive national network. The...
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November 7, 2017 •
East Africa, General, Southern Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on InterSat sets up teleport services in Nairobi
Satellite solution provider, InterSat and global satellite operator ABS have announced the launch of iDirect platforms on ABS-3A C-band and Ku-band beams. InterSat will operate the services from its new and state-of-the-art teleport in Nairobi using...
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August 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Airtel Nigeria Launches Unlimited Data Plans
Airtel Nigeria has introduced Unlimited Data plans which, according to the company, will empower and create more opportunities for telecom consumers as well as boost mobile broadband connectivity. Airtel officially began the roll out of the Home Broadband...
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July 28, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Telkom introduces Unlimited Data and Voice
Telkom today announced an overhaul of its fixed line offering with the launch of Unlimited Home Internet and voice plans. For the first time, fixed line consumers are now able to choose their internet speeds and get uncapped data and unlimited anytime Telkom...
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June 1, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Africa’s demand for fibre is set to boom
The telecoms industry in Africa is on the cusp of a fibre and mobile broadband boom, as network operators scramble to meet the demand for video, cloud applications and mobile solutions among consumers and businesses. Suveer Ramdhani, Chief Development...
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December 2, 2016 •
Retail, Satellite Communications, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on iWayAfrica introduces Jola, a retail satellite service
iWayAfrica has launched Jola, a Pan-African Ku-Band managed retail satellite service into Sub-Saharan Africa. Meaning ‘one who brings happiness’, Jola provides affordable satellite internet to Sub-Saharan Africa including those areas with limited...
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October 21, 2016 •
Education, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
IT News Africa •
Comments Off on South Africa: Students to enjoy free internet access on university campuses
South Africa’s university students will now be able to access their online curriculum without incurring data costs, thanks to a decision by MTN to zero rate access to university online content. MTN announced that it will allow university students free...
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October 20, 2016 •
Education, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
IT News Africa •
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Cell C will offer students from universities across the country free access to university websites in a bid to assist them to access course material necessary to complete the year. “We know students are facing a tough time at the moment, and many need to...
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October 18, 2016 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
IT News Africa •
Comments Off on Cisco Helps Rebuild Iraqi National Backbone
At the Packet Optical Networking Conference today in Rome, Cisco announced its role to restore and rebuild the Iraqi National Backbone, a multi-layer IP and optical network that spans the long terrestrial route from Iraq to Turkey. The Iraqi National Backbone...
