Huawei targets AI-centric network transformation in Southern Africa
Vendor upgrades Xinghe portfolio to bolster regional infrastructure for growing AI and distributed agent workloads
News - South Africa
The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
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Actis-led consortium completes takeover of Telkom's Swiftnet tower unit in South Africa
Will focus on deploying towers to rural parts of the country
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Cassava Technologies brings Nvidia-powered AI supercomputer to South Africa
Part of new "AI factory" offering
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MTN on course to switch off 3G by end of year in South Africa
A pilot to phase out 3G has already switched off the service in parts of Cape Town
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MTN Group pairs with ORAN Development Company as part of Open RAN push in Africa
The pair will carry out lab and field trials of Open RAN technology
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MTN and ZTE combine for 5G ultra-range maritime coverage in South Africa
Claims to be a first in Africa
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MTN Group backs CEO following improper conduct allegations
An investigation has dismissed claims of favoritism toward female employees
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Five men sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for battery and copper cables theft in South Africa
Caught after suspicious activity near a Vodacom cellphone tower
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Telkom shareholders give blessing to proposed tower sell off to Actis
Another hurdle cleared ahead of planned sale
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Google to build first subsea cable connecting Africa and Australia
Features terrestrial path to Kenya
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Several countries suffer Internet outages after subsea cable cut in East Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda have all been impacted
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Telkom shareholders to vote on sale of tower business
The deal was confirmed last month
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Microsoft Azure's March outage in South Africa due to subsea cable cuts
Company lost 3.5 out of four redundancy routes
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South Africa's MTN to invest more than $100m in generators and batteries to combat grid issues
Lengthy outages have been common in South Africa in recent years
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First cable repair ship arrives at SAT-3 site in West Africa
Remaining three cables due to be fixed by early May
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Telkom in talks with Actis to sell its tower business in South Africa
Swiftnet operates more than 6,000 towers across South Africa
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Vodacom to cut 80 jobs in South Africa
Jobs will be lost across the business
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Outages spike in West Africa: Subsea cable damage off Ivory coast
WACS and ACE cables said to be impacted
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South Africa's MTN partners with Gauteng police force to curb infrastructure vandalism
Vandalism and theft are a serious, but regular problem for South African telcos
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South Africa's Telkom makes progress in fight against infrastructure vandalism
Thousands arrested, while crime at sites have dropped
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South Africa's Home Affairs taken offline by mainframe failure
Government department puts blame on the state's IT agency
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South Africa's Telkom in talks to sell Swiftnet tower division
Swiftnet operates 6,200 sites across the country
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Paratus launches teleport in Pretoria, South Africa
Company's second teleport in SA
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South Africa's Vodacom outlines plans to combat battery theft at its base stations
The telco has ramped up security efforts to curb the vandalism
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South Africa's Vodacom signs virtual wheeling agreement with Eskom
Will add more capacity to the nation's power grid