Telecom
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...
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...
Next-gen Wi-Fi for smarter buildings and cities
Following the white paper released by the World Broadband Alliance (WBA) that provides deployment guidelines for a number of possible scenarios utilising Wi-Fi 6 technology, Jacques Visser, Head of Wireless at...
VMware expert talks about Information Technology in Kenya
Mark Reynolds, Commercial Business Executive – Sub Saharan Africa at VMware, talks to Intelligent CIO Africa about Information Technology in Kenya. 1. What is the IT infrastructure currently like in Kenya?...
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...
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...
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...
SD-WAN: The bridge to a 5G future
Research conducted by MarketsandMarkets indicates that the enterprise 5G market is expected to grow from US$2.1 billion in 2021 to US$10.9 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 31.8%. In the short term, the task at hand for...
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....
Axian Group enhances corporate integrity with Oxalys digital procurement...
Axian is a pan-African group that operates in five industries with high growth potential, namely real estate, telecoms, finance, energy and, open innovation and FinTech. Philippe Prodhomme, Group CFO, Axian Group,...
Building a digital ecosystem
Cell C launched its operations across South Africa in 2001, seven years after the launch of the two incumbents, Vodacom and MTN in 1994. Exceptional Quality is the pillar driving network excellence, born out of over 4...
CommScope helps inwi streamline network infrastructure to pave way for 5G
Inwi is a telecommunications company based in Morocco and one of the three major telecoms company in the North African state. The Casablanca headquartered telco is a subsidiary of the SNI group and Kuwaiti Zain group....
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...
Orange Sonatel launches new services with Red Hat OpenShift
With the aim of reducing application deployment time from weeks to minutes, Orange Sonatel, Senegal’s leading telco recently built a new platform Malaw, with Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation...
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