Synaq’s nondescript offices near the Sandton CBD feel laid back and comfortable. A large blackboard near the entrance has scribbles all over it. These offices check all the boxes of a start-up, but this business is far too big, and a few years too old, to fall into the start-up category. It all started a few years
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Dimension Data division Internet Solutions has announced it is acquiring MWeb Business as well as the core network assets of the MWeb Internet service provider business and Optinet. The businesses are owned
Dimension Data Middle East and Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba has called on communications regulator Icasa and government to ensure that high-demand spectrum in the so-called “digital dividend” bands and at 2,6GHz are
Internet Solutions has revealed plans to roll out fibre to 50 business parks in Gauteng, with Cape Town and Durban to follow by the middle of next year. The company has also taken the wraps off its pricing. “Historically, one of the issues with fibre installations
Speculation has again surfaced that a deal between Dimension Data and MWeb is on the cards, eight months after TechCentral first reported on apparent preliminary discussions between the two companies. The speculation then went cold. This time around, though, the focus appears
Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions is acquiring disaster recovery specialist ContinuitySA for an undisclosed sum. The deal means Internet Solutions will be able to meet demand from clients for full data recovery and business continuity services from a single provider, it said in a statement. “There are
French carrier Wi-Fi specialist Nomosphere, part of the Nomotech Group, has announced plans to expand in South Africa. It will open a subsidiary in Johannesburg, its first office outside France, as it looks to take advantage of an expected boom in Wi-Fi demand in Africa. Wireless Access
Mobile operator MTN is acquiring a controlling 50% stake in Internet service provider Afrihost for an undisclosed sum. In an e-mail to Afrihost clients on Monday, the service provider’s CEO, Gian Visser, says MTN is buying 50% plus one Afrihost share. The existing shareholders, including management, will
Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions (IS) has increased its shareholding in Wi-Fi provider AlwaysOn from 51% to 100% for an undisclosed sum, IS announced on Thursday. IS acquired its original 51% stake in AlwaysOn, which has hotspots in 1 400 locations in South Africa
The “last mile” fixed-line infrastructure into people homes in South Africa is “awful” and is holding back competition in South Africa’s television broadcasting industry by preventing Internet protocol television and video-on-demand players from launching services