African telcos increasingly under attack
27 November 2024
While it’s true that every company is a potential target for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, cybercriminals will often exploit security challenges and develop customised attack patterns that target the unique characteristics of specific vertical sectors.
For the first half of 2024, this statement certainly rings true for the telecommunications sector – from the global level, right through to many countries across the African continent.
Find out more Making broadband applications mission critical
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.
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The real deal
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.”
Find out more A case in point to point
07 November 2024
Paratus Group recently launched the Paratus Express Route, a groundbreaking fiber route that provides the fastest connectivity between Johannesburg and Europe.
This fiber superhighway is the result of a combination of strategic and significant investment by Paratus and the deployment of cutting edge Infinera technology to create transformed connectivity between Africa and Europe which directly addresses the ever-increasing bandwidth requirements of both telecom providers and enterprises.
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