Author: Gugu Lourie
Huawei has taken advantage of its Eco-Connect Conference 2017 to announce the launch of its Sandton OpenLab to enable the global ICT firm to work with various industry partners in South Africa to create innovative solutions that enable digital transformation, while promoting industry ecosystem development. Based on Huawei Open ICT platforms, and developing agile innovation, Huawei has launched the Huawei Enterprise ICT Solutions Open Lab, in Sandton, in collaboration with partners and software vendors. To speed-up digital transformation, enterprises need to transform traditional IT systems and build new ICT infrastructures with cloud, IoT, and big data at the core.. The…
T-Systems South Africa and Huawei have announced that they will be bringing Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) to focus on accelerating digital transformation within the South African market. OTC is a simple, secure and affordable Open Stack Public Cloud platform that will deliver on-demand, pay as you go cloud services to enterprises. With the advent of industry 4.0 and the digitalisation of organisations, OTC will bring the best of global cloud innovation to South Africa and will enable South African organisations to operate and compete on a global scale. “This extended partnership with Huawei, allows us to bring a new level…
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, and Intelsat S.A. have announced a new agreement that will introduce high performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite services into the Liquid Telecom network. As part of the new, multi-year agreement, Liquid Telecom has committed to dedicated services on the Intelsat 33e satellite, which began operations earlier this year. The solution features ground networking equipment based upon the Newtec Dialog VSAT platform, including technology developed under the ESA-funded Project Indigo announced previously by Intelsat and Newtec. By taking advantage of Intelsat’s high-throughput satellite (HTS) solutions, Liquid Telecom will be able to deliver more…
If you are fashionable, love music and are tech savvy, you should check out the new earphones to hit South Africa. The Sudio, a Scandinavian earphones firm, is expanding into South Africa to bring its premium pair of wireless earphones. The Swedish firm is already operating a local online store at https://goo.gl/fvXXBk Yesterday, a DHL delivery guy buzzed at my gate to deliver the Sudio Regent premium white monochromatic earphones. I unwrapped the box and the admiration of the wireless earphones started as I saw that there is a Sudio Case for my iPhone 6S. I quickly removed the Sudio…
A next generation of compact sedan vehicles is coming. Mercedes is bringing a new body type of its popular sedan that will provide a more rigorous implementation of the design idiom of “sensual purity”. The new body type is inspired by the “Aesthetics A” sculpture shown in January. Watch a brief teaser video of the new Mercedes Sedan below: The car is being showcased at the Auto Shanghai. Mercedes says the “Aesthetics A” sculpture already demonstrated that the upcoming compact class generation marks the dawn of an even more rigorous implementation of the design idiom of “sensual purity”. “Our Concept A Sedan…
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has refreshed the leadership of its recently acquired telco, Neotel, as the South African-based firm prepares to compete aggressively against its rivals – Telkom, Vodacom, MTN, Cell C. Raj Jandu – who has been a CFO FOR Liquid Telecom in the east Africa region since 2013, overseeing the financial management and growth of the company’s operations in several key markets – will become Neotel CFO. Jandu also served as CFO of Altech Technologies in east Africa for five years, he made the switch to Liquid Telecom after it acquired Altech’s…
This car uses an app as a key. It could be a first car you get through a subscription. It is a shareable car via an app. You can also borrow the car. Meet the 03 Concept car that has been unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show this week. The car is manufactured by Lync & Co, a Chinese Geely-owned brand, and with Volvo’s engineering resources. The car will only be available through online sales and home delivery services, but also subscription model. What does the car entail? The car is always online via Wi-Fi hotspot, so you can connect…
by Staff Writer Phonefinder.co.za, a local online cellular contract comparison engine, has expanded its offering to further help consumers save on their monthly bills. According to Lance Krom, founder and managing director at Phonefinder, the company’s established and successful business model, which leverages its systems that enable consumers to compare cellular contract options, and its integrated online sales and marketing strategy that generates leads for the mobile network operators (MNO), has the potential to scale well across numerous other industry verticals. “Since launching in 2012, Phonefinder.co.za has helped thousands of consumers find the best cell phone contract deal based on…
by Staff Writer The Jaguar F-PACE has been named as the world car of year and most beautiful car in the world t the New York International Auto Show. The performance SUV is the fastest selling model Jaguar has produced and is only the second vehicle to claim the historic double in the 13-year history of the World Car Awards. To win the pair of trophies, the F-PACE saw off the competition in a vote of 75 influential motoring journalists from 24 countries. The F-PACE triumphed over finalists the Audi Q5 and Volkswagen Tiguan to claim the 2017 World Car…
by Staff Writer The Mercedes-Benz is teasing customers with the new S-Class, which aims to elevate Intelligent Drive to the next level, ahead of its launch at the Auto Shanghai in China (19 to 28 April). The teaser images is showing the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class’ front fascia and the interior. The top-of-the-range model of Mercedes-Benz takes another big step towards autonomous driving and elevates Intelligent Drive to the next level. The new S-Class has a DISTRONIC Active Proximity Control and Active Steer Assist, which provides even more comfortable support for the driver to keep a safe distance and steer. Mercedes-Benz…