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Information Technology

ADVERTORIAL

Accelerating LTE Roll-out With Patent Deals Ericsson - breaking new ground

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Ericsson, a leading pioneer in LTE technology, recently signed license agreements for LTE essential patents - solidifying its position as holding the industry's strongest LTE patent portfolio and certainly taking the lead in establishing an...

TECHNOLOGY

Convergence and Altius buy 40% stake in RFID company

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Information Technology (IT), media and telecommunications focused investment company Convergence Partners and black-owned Altius Investment Holdings have acquired a 40% stake in Cape Town-based radio-frequency identification (RFID) company...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

09 Mar 10

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Dimension Data invested R1bn in SA technology infrastructure

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Information Technology (IT) services provider Dimension Data on Monday announced that it has invested more than R1-billion in South African technology infrastructure over the past three years. The spend on infrastructure included R984-million on...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

08 Mar 10

Information & Communication Technology

GijimaAst sets out carbon-reduction stall

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JSE-listed information and communication technology (ICT) services provider GijimaAst has started reducing the carbon footprint of the group’s head office in Midrand. “We decided to start greening our own business, and intend to look at the...

By: Christy van der Merwe

05 Mar 10

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

SA companies getting ready to deploy unified communications solutions

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Described as “the next evolutionary chapter of communications,” the use of unified communications (UC) solutions at the enterprise level in South Africa was becoming more evident. World Wide Worx MD Arthur Goldstuck said that new research...

By: Christy van der Merwe

05 Mar 10

ICT

ICT industry urges Icasa to make more spectrum available

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South African information communications technology (ICT) industry players continued the call for an urgent reallocation of spectrum, on which wireless technologies depend, and which is regulated by the Independent Communications Authority of...

By: Christy van der Merwe

02 Mar 10

STUDY

Smartphones made big entry into corporate South Africa – study

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The use of smartphones by corporate South Africa has “dramatically” increased in the past two years, far surpassing the use of these phones by general consumers or small businesses, a study has found. World Wide Worx said this week that its...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

26 Feb 10

ICT

GijimaAst shifts focus to higher-margin business, revenue dips

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Information and communication technology (ICT) services company GijimaAst on Tuesday reported a 3,6% drop in revenues for the six-months ended December 2009, while normalised headline earnings a share were up 33%, which the group attributed to an...

By: Christy van der Merwe

23 Feb 10

REAL-TIME TRACKING

African agency for portable tracking devices

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Aviation safety advisory and training services company Litson and Associates has been chosen as the sole African distributor of the Spidertracks range of portable satellite tracking devices.

By: Jacqueline Holman

19 Feb 10

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Company	Industry Term	Person	Product
Ericsson Altius Investment Holdings Bloodhound Technologies Convergence Partners Gautrain Gautrain Rapid Rail Dimension Data GijimaAst NEC Microsoft Intel South African Broadcasting Corporation WBS IBurst First National Bank Research In Motion RIM Sub-Sahara Africa ERP Human Capital Management Mine Technical Systems Secure Identity Management Solutions Litson & Associates	Internet Generation Mobile Networks Mobile Technology Technology Overall Solution Stand-alone Technology Technology Sector Telecommunications Comprehensive Outsourcing Technology Evolution Curve Technology Infrastructure Voice Network Well As Selective Communication Technology Electricity Energy Energy Consumption Printing Storage Infrastructure Supply Chain Value Chain Important Technology Internet Protocol Information Communications Technology Internet Penetration Media Liaison Services Using Wireless Technologies Wireless Technologies Enterprise Mobility Solutions Financial Services Aviation Safety Management Systems Portable Satellite Tracking Devices Real-time Tracking Satellite Maps Satellite Tracking System	Annabel Cele Andile Ngcaba Bernard Slabbert Gautrain Jason Goodall Francois Van Der Merwe Partnership Architects Yolandi Taljard Arthur Goldstuck Frank Rizzo Gavin Hill Holger Reisinger Spiwe Chireka Wide Worx Gavin Coetzee Jannie Van Zyl Rudolph Muller Deon Liebenberg Keith Piggott	Drive Mobile Entertainment MOBILE VIDEO 7 INCH TFT PORTABLE Player Protocol (VoIP) Protocol (VoIP) Phones
Technology	City	Continent	Country
3G Broadband Broadband Access DSL GSM Interactive TV LTE LTE Technology Information Technology Radio Frequency Software Technologies Stand-alone Technology Communication Technology IP IP Telephony Natural Technology SMS UC Technologies Video Conferencing Information Communications Technology LTE Technologies Services Using Wireless Technologies Wireless Internet Technologies Wireless Technologies Cellular Telephone Smartphone Smartphones Spidertracks Tracking Technology	Cape Town	Africa	South Africa
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FIFA World Cup Green Point Stadium Gautrain Green Building	Gautrain	2010 FIFA World Cup