Telecom
Delivering 28 Terabits networking capacity for South African enterprises
As the demand for fast Internet surged in Cape Town, the third-largest fibre-to-the-home provider in South Africa, MetroFibre turned to NEC XON, which implemented Juniper Network’s ACX Universal Metro Routers and A...
How African telcos can generate new value and rise global ranks
The five-year performance in terms of total shareholder return and value creation for telecom players is below average, but an analysis and recommended action plan by BCG shows how they can generate new value and rise...
The promise of 5G technology
Fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the latest iteration of cellular technology, engineered to greatly increase the speed and responsiveness of wireless networks. These speeds exceed wireline network speeds and offer...
Network of choice
As telecommunications operator MTN South Africa continues on the path of innovation in readiness for 5G rollout across South Africa, Intelligent CIO Africa, recently sat with Giovanni Chiarelli, Chief Technology and...
CommScope expert on why 2020 will be a year of critical decisions for...
The era of 5G has arrived in the MENA region, with 2020 set to be the launchpad to a ‘more connected’ future. Femi Oshiga, VP Sales, Service Providers, MEA, CommScope, tells Intelligent CIO’s Jess Phillips why wirel...
SANParks CIO Kamal Pillay on connectivity challenges
Being responsible for South Africa’s 19 national parks takes a lot of hard work, especially because there are severe connectivity problems in the country. Kamal Pillay, Chief Information and Technology Officer of S...
Internet penetration reaches 70% in the Arab world finds Orient Planet...
The number of Internet users in the Arab region accounted for approximately 348 million, which represents 70.2% of the total population of 496 million, according to a study conducted by Galal and Karawi Management...
The future of cellular connectivity
Corridor Africa Technologies is a leading and innovative smart technology and solutions provider. We hear from Corridor Africa, CEO, Matone Ditlhake who discusses the benefits of offering seamless connectivity across...
World’s largest 5,000 enterprises will increase their WAN spend by 44% by 2...
Revenue from port charges, SD-WAN and broadband will grow, while MPLS’ contribution to overall market revenue will decrease by 55% between 2021 and 2026. TeleGeography, a global telecommunications market research and c...
Consolidation drives telecoms sector
Corridor Africa Technologies is a leading and innovative smart technology and solutions provider headquartered in Centurion, South Africa. We hear from Corridor Africa Technologies, CEO, Matone Ditlhake who comments...
Reaping the benefits of Smart City technology in Africa
As Smart Cities emerge across the globe, there is a ‘huge opportunity’ in Africa to embrace and evolve towards this concept. This is the view of Mahmoud El-Banna, Head of Digital Industries Sales for China, India and MEA...
Finding the connection in customer conversations key to success for Egyptian...
The wave of Digital Transformation sweeping across Egypt is rapidly advancing the maturity and competitiveness of the businesses in the country. At the epicentre of this evolution has been the country’s telecom o...
Delivering 28 Terabits networking capacity for South African enterprises
As the demand for fast Internet surged in Cape Town, the third-largest fibre-to-the-home provider in South Africa, MetroFibre turned to NEC XON, which implemented Juniper Network’s ACX Universal Metro Routers and A...
How African telcos can generate new value and rise global ranks
The five-year performance in terms of total shareholder return and value creation for telecom players is below average, but an analysis and recommended action plan by BCG shows how they can generate new value and rise...
Vodafone deploys Qwilt and Cisco at edge to build content delivery network in...
Qwilt and Cisco announced they will deploy their content delivery network for Vodafone, increasing the quality and capacity of Vodafone’s streaming delivery to its mobile and fixed broadband customers across Africa. V...
MSP Metacom deploys hyper-scale Nutanix Enterprise Cloud to meet demands of...
Nutanix, announced that Metacom has successfully deployed Nutanix Enterprise Cloud as it embraces a new era of hyper-scalability to match the demands of its growing business. Drawing from the full Nutanix suite, the...
Vodafone Ghana partners with Lynk providing 100% mobile coverage via...
Lynk, the world’s satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecom company, announced it has signed its second commercial contract with Telecel Group in Africa to provide services to Vodafone Ghana’s subscribers. This new con...
Driving digital technology transformation
Looking to transition to an asset-light business model, Ooredoo Group has been applying digital technologies internally to fulfil more agile ways of working and rolling out new customer solutions and 5G technology....
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