19 November 2024

Picture courtesy of Motorola Solutions

An industry-wide standards-compliant approach is essential to ensure broadband applications for critical communications users are mission-critical quality. This is a key takeaway from a new white paper from TCCA, based on the results of a sector-wide survey, which also highlights the importance of testing and certification of applications designed to support mission-critical operations.

A wide range of broadband applications are already in use by critical communications users. However, the majority of these applications are currently deployed over commercial networks, with over-the-top, best-effort Quality of Service (QoS). As broadband data applications become increasingly important for day-to-day operations, users will demand their applications to be delivered with mission-critical QoS.

11 November 2024

Schalk Erasmus, CEO, Paratus Group

Having led the pan-African telecommunications group Paratus for the past two years, Schalk Erasmus has realized there are often different ways to steer the ship. His renewed vision is focused on what truly makes a business successful and he says it’s not only about pure economics.

“We all know it’s important to be financially successful,” says Erasmus. “But I believe it’s equally, if not more important, to remember why you started the business and what you stand for because if you stick to that you will be successful. We believe in real people, real service and real value. Lose sight of that and you lose all sense of what’s real while also compromising your economic goals.”