Internet service providers (ISPs) could get “hurt” as the decline in bandwidth prices in SA gathers steam.
The fall in prices, already evident in the market for fixed-line broadband, will result in lower revenue for ISPs and put pressure on their profit margins.
That’s the view of Keith Matthews (pictured), GM for sub-Saharan Africa at BT Global [...]
Johannesburg- and London-listed IT group Dimension Data has continued to weather tough global economic conditions, reporting a 6% year-on-year improvement in sales in the quarter ended 31 January 2010.
The group’s systems integration business performed well, especially in the US, though a poor quarter from Plessey dragged the numbers lower. “Plessey had a very weak quarter, [...]
He may work in a futuristic, hi-tech industry, but Derek Wilcocks admits he is fascinated by the past.
The newly appointed MD of Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) has a keen interest in world and African history.
Wilcocks, who has just taken the reins at IS from Angus MacRobert, says the transition from the Dark Ages [...]
Internet Solutions (IS) MD Angus MacRobert, pictured, has stepped down for “personal reasons”. He is replaced by Derek Wilcocks, a long-time Dimension Data executive. IS is a division of Didata.
Speaking to TechCentral on Thursday, MacRobert said that after eight years at IS, he needed a change. “I need to focus and unwind and destress a [...]
Internet service provider Afrihost has set the proverbial cat among the pigeons by slashing its broadband prices to below cost in what could mark the start of a price war.
Afrihost, which provides Web hosting services, entered the broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) market just two months ago. But already it’s causing a stir by cutting [...]
Internet Solutions (IS) and Convergence Wireless Networks (CWN) have acquired a 68,5% stake in Mozambiquan Internet service provider, Intra Lda. The deal forms part of IS’s plans to expand further in East Africa to capitalise on the recently launched Seacom undersea cable.
IS will take the lead as Intra’s operating partner and CWN will act as [...]
SA’s mobile operators are unlikely to provide Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) with the contracts necessary for it to become a cellular service provider.
This leaves it with two options, says CEO Angus MacRobert: become a dealer, working through independent service providers such as Altech Autopage Cellular and Nashua Mobile, or buy a cellular service [...]
