Africa Telecoms Magazine - December 2009
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) is the leading continental organization fostering the development of information and communication technologies infrastructure and services, with a current membership of 46 Member States and 17 Associate Members. It was founded in Kinshasa in 1977 as a specialized agency of the Organization of African Unity…
Harald Braun has an imposing CV that he has brought to bear at Harris Stratex Networks within the brief time he has been with the company as president and CEO. Such is the magnitude of his influence that he was named International Telecom CEO of the Year 2009 by IT…
For the telecoms industry, 2009 was largely a year of empty promises, false starts, some political meddling and finally a few belated achievements. Many companies assessed numerous growth opportunities, but the enthusiastic expansion plans of previous years were noticeably tempered by the economic slump. Yet a few deals went down…
With this edition of the Africa Telecoms focusing on the IP Revolution in Africa, do you have any opening comments or views on the Topic when specifically looking at the African Landscape? What does the IP Revolution mean to you? The IP Revolution is helping the world to connect in…
A brand new offering by Google shrinks the global village and redefines networking. After reading the considerable hype online about the much touted Google Wave, Africa Telecoms took the time to watch the ‘Loooong Video’ (and yes it is long 1hr20min to be exact), presented by Google to highlight its…
Resistance to the introduction of Voip on the African continent is showing signs of weakening, but many countries still resist due to self interest. Africa is slowly beginning to accept retail VoIP. True, there is still a long list of countries on the continent that ban consumers and businesses from…
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