To what extent do you see demand for cloud services taking off among businesses in South Africa?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Asher Bohbot, CEO, EOH Holdings: Interview from The Report: South Africa 2016
Articles & Analysis | Mobile expansion driving growth for South Africa's telecoms operators from The Report: South Africa 2016
Despite facing fierce competition and slowing revenues in 2014, South Africa’s telecoms operators are well placed to see growth in the near to medium term. The mobile market is approaching saturation and a shift from traditional voice and SMS services to data is expected to drive future growth, particularly in 4G long-term evolution (LTE) services, which are slated to...
The second-largest economy in Africa after Nigeria, South Africa benefits from some of the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, paired with a robust regulatory system, and is also home to the headquarters of a number of major multinational players in the fields of industry, energy and financial services.
The government is in the final stages of its review on the ICT sector in South Africa after the publication of a discussion paper in November, prior to the launch of a set of policy recommendations early next year.
Articles & Analysis | Big and small operators disagree on the industry’s trajectory from The Report: South Africa 2014
Four main mobile operators and two fixed-line players cater to subscribers in a market that – like much of the emerging world – is seeing slowing subscriber growth and price cuts encourage a shift towards new value-added services. The country’s infrastructure remains among the most competitive on the continent, although operators are grappling with mobile termination...
Articles & Analysis | Overhead connectivity rises to supply isolated businesses from The Report: South Africa 2014
In 2009 the installation of the first undersea cable providing connectivity to South Africa was heralded as the end of satellites as links to the outside world; however, five years later satellite connectivity remains just as relevant given its cost-effectiveness in expanding broadband coverage to rural and low-income areas. According to the 2014 broadband commission...