Mike Last, marketing and international business development vice-president at Africa’s carriers’ carrier WIOCC, writes about how upgrades in technology can help to boost existing cable capacity in South Africa
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TVWS technology to improve internet connectivity in Ghana
Ghana’s communications regulator, the National Communications Authority (NCA), has announced plans to deploy television white space (TVWS) technology to improve the availability of broadband internet in the country
Seacom, Saicom Voice Services announce VoIP deal
South African telecommunication solution provider Saicom Voice Services has entered into partnership with pan-African telecoms enabler Seacom through which Seacom will provide voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and Cloud PBX services over a white-label platform to SME and corporate customers
NITDA, NCC to collaborate to drive GDP growth in Nigeria
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has sought the collaboration of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to develop the Information Communications Technology (ICT) industry to enable it to contribute about 50 per cent to the GDP
Hurricane Electric launches new PoP in South Africa
Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, has announced the launch of its new point of presence (PoP) in Johannesburg, marking the company’s first expansion into Africa