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By Staff Writer South Africa’s Frogfoot Networks, a subsidiary of integrated ICT and connectivity provider Vox, has recently secured funding to deploy fibre to the home (FTTH) to 15,000 homes in Gauteng and the Western Cape as part of a 24-month roll-out programme. “At the beginning of 2016, we embarked on an aggressive FTTH expansion programme and committed to deploy FTTH to 85,000 homes. We are currently in the process of building the infrastructure to over 16,000 homes, and with the additional funding are now able to fast-track the deployment to 15,100 homes in 2017,” says Abraham van der Merwe,…
By Staff Writer Vodacom, South Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator, has launched Vodacom Meg Your Day Promotion providing subscribers with free data of various services such as Facebook and Instagram, etc. The Vodafone-owned telco said on the promotions website that for subscribers to qualify for more data for free they must buy 100MB data bundle or more and have a balance greater than zero MB. Vodacom has partnered with the different platforms and websites that our customers know and love to enable them to access more of what the internet has to offer. The bundle will expire daily at 23:59pm or when…
By Staff Writer Thanks to recent improvements in internet connectivity and the emergence of numerous global big-hitters, South Africa has finally made a name for itself in the technological space. But while one might expect the country’s ‘next big thing’ to be found in tech-centric cities like Stellenbosch, it’s in fact in an unassuming corner of Bloemfontein where the foundations for South Africa’s own Silicon Valley are being laid. Founded in 2014, Bloem-based performance marketing company Xineoh is making waves internationally thanks to its unique vectorization algorithm, which has already generated in excess of $30 million in revenue for clients…
By Staff Writer Vodacom announced on Wednesday that it has extended its Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network through signing new lease agreements with third-party network infrastructure providers Link Africa, Octotel, Frogfoot and Waterfall Access Network (WAN). The Vodafone-owned telco said its customers will now have access to its Fibre services through these providers, including Vodacom Fibre Broadband, Vodacom Fibre Fixed Voice and Value-Added Services. “Vodacom continues to seek opportunities to enter into strategic agreements to sell our services through other network infrastructure providers,” Zunaid Mahomed, Group Digital and Fixed Services Officer at Vodacom says. The South African biggest mobile phone operator has…
By News Agency Staff The Internet for All initiative will look at how South Africans can access the internet with affordable data prices, says Telecommunication and Postal Services Deputy Director General Tinyoko Ngobeni. Addressing the Internet for All initiative in Soweto on Tuesday, Ngobeni said government was concerned about the high data prices. “We will also be looking at the availability of smart devices, whilst we also still need to upgrade the infrastructure from 2G to 3G as well as LTE,” Ngobeni said. The South African government, the World Economic Forum (WEF), the private sector and civil society have partnered…
By Staff Writer Nokia today announced the availability of connected consumer health products in the market. The launch completes the transition of products from the Withings brand. Nokia trackers, scales, vital health devices and home products will now be available in-store health.nokia.com and online through top retailers worldwide including Best Buy, Amazon.com, and Bed, Bath & Beyond; coming soon to retailers including CVS, Target, Babies”R” Us and Apple. The Nokia Body: BMI Wi-Fi connected scale makes weight management easy and affordable Nokia Body offers smart weight management for the entire family and provides high accuracy measurements via Position Control…
By Staff Writer JSE and Nasdaq-listed tech firm Datatec announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary Logicalis and its Indonesian partner Metrodata have agreed to buy a majority stake in Packet Systems Indonesia, an ICT systems integrator and service company. The tech firm said in a statement that Logicalis will buy 54% shareholding of Packet Systems Indonesia and Metrodata to acquire a 14% stake. The remaining 32% interest will continue to be held by Packet Systems Indonesia’s management shareholders. Logicalis will pay R88.1 million ($6.8 million) in cash to buy the stake and will be funded from its existing bank facilities.…
By Brett Parker, managing director: SAP Africa With the impending impact of machine learning and robotics on a range of traditional job roles and occupations, and Africa’s on-going digital skills shortage, the matter of skills development is again taking centre stage during Youth Month. Africa’s youth have a great opportunity to shape and influence the digital economy across the continent. With the digital skills shortage weighing heavily on the minds of African business leaders, it is critical that we jointly develop solutions to build the skills capacity that will drive Africa’s economy in the coming years. With so many traditional…
By Kantar Millward Brown Kantar Millward Brown’s Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa’s favourite TV commercials. These are the ads that have been rated as the best liked by the South African audience whom we believe to be the most important critic – the person who ultimately chooses to buy your brand or not. Samsung In number one spot is the Samsung ad, Sister. The ad tells a universal story that can connect with viewers from around the world. Instead of leaning into technical jargon to highlight the phone’s innovations, the team from Leo Burnett in Chicago focused on a central narrative…
By Steve Tzikakis, SAP president EMEA South 25 years ago, I went to work for the first time with a hand-held device in my hand: a Casio calculator. I thought I was the man. Today, the new generation of workers turning up for their first day often have a better grasp of technology than senior management. That scares some companies. Me, not so much. I’m excited – because I believe there’s a huge opportunity waiting for companies that start viewing their enterprise technology the way millennials do. Most companies I talk to today either have a strong technology stack, or…