The Vital Role of Satellite in Growing the Hybrid African Network Africa has been one of the fastest growing regions for fixed satellite services in recent years, fuelled by demand for critical infrastructure from communications providers and television programmers. Satellite provides the ability to reach almost anywhere, linking the most…
Satellite's here to Stay With the wealth of fibre optic cabling being laid along Africa's coastline and the array of projects underway to connect landlocked countries to cables such as SEACOM, EASSY and WACS, you'd be forgiven for predicting a swift departure of the satellite communications services that have connected Africa to the rest of the…
As global economies continue to recover from the worldwide recession of 2008 and 2009, with a number of developed economies still struggling, the emerging economies of the world have shown the strongest growth, especially in Africa. One area where this is most evident is the information and communication technologies (ICT)…
The markets were abuzz with rumour and speculation. Skype had been on the market for a bit and many were rumoured as suitors. Google was mentioned, as well as Facebook; both were well credentialed as purchasers of smart companies in the past. It was however another large tech company that…
Optical fibre has become the cornerstone of the telecommunications industry. From Corning's perspective, where do you see this industry going? Many communities throughout the world, including Africa, are now connected by optical fibre, which transmits optical telecommunication signals at the speed of light. As individual homes are connected and as…
In a confirmation of what we already knew, it has been calculated that globally, people spend around 200 million minutes per day playing the App game, Crazy Birds. Rovio, the Danish company behind the ubiquitious game, have even suggested that a move into movies and theme parks is not inconceivable.…
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