Just as undersea and terrestrial fibre connectivity is booming around and in Africa, an explosion in satellite capacity serving the region is also under way. The “dark continent” is getting connected to the global village. This week’s annual Satcom conference
Browsing: Andile Ngcaba
Andile Ngcaba, chairman of Convergence Partners and Dimension Data SA, says telecommunications companies must work together to build national, long-distance fibre networks in the country. Dimension Data, Convergence
The department of communications has yet to find a candidate to fill its long-vacant position of director-general. However, Tiyani Rikhotso, spokesman for communications minister Roy Padayachie, says the process is
A short but busy week at TechCentral translates into packed edition of this week’s episode of the TalkCentral podcast. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones look at the royal wedding and YouTube’s involvement in it, the launch
Dimension Data SA chairman Andile Ngcaba is quietly building a new type of telecommunications business under his Convergence Partners investment vehicle. From satellites to undersea cables
A new communications satellite, Intelsat New Dawn, backed by SA’s Convergence Partners and international satellite group Intelsat, successfully blasted off into space from French Guiana on Good Friday aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle
The governments of Brazil, China, Russia, India and SA have agreed to support a new, R3bn undersea cable that will connect Brazil with SA and Angola, and provide the region with onward connectivity
The Intelsat New Dawn satellite, which will almost entirely serve the African market, will take to the skies on Wednesday night from a launch complex in French Guiana. Intelsat MD for Africa sales
Later this year, SA’s telecommunications regulator will hold an auction to sell valuable chunks of radio frequency spectrum that can be used to deliver the next generation of wireless broadband. If done right
After meeting with technology industry leaders on Friday, communications minister Roy Padayachie held a press conference with selected executives who participated in the discussion. Here is the podcast