WACS to provide increased international connectivity

The West African Cable System (WACS) landed at Yzerfontein, a small village on the Cape West coast on 19 April 2011, thereby doubling Africa’s broadband capacity. Its four fibre pairs and 128 wavelength technologies make it the largest cable system ever to land in sub-Sahara Africa… (more)

SAIEE reports internal fraud of R703 452 at its AGM

by EE Publishers staff reporter
 
At its annual general meeting on 26 March 2010, outgoing president of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), du Toit Grobler, and honorary treasurer Les James reported “a significant fraud” having taken place within the SAIEE during the year ending 31 December 2009. The qualified audit report presented by external auditors PriceWaterhouseCoopers at the AGM states that “An employee stole   R703 452 due to fraudulent transactions. A forensic audit has been conducted, but has not yet been completed. A further amount of R234 320 relating to the financial year has been identified as suspicious transactions. As the forensic audit is underway, the impact on the financial statements could not be established”… (more)

The battle for broadband – tomorrow is around the corner

At the recently-held Battle for Broadband Symposium arranged by EngineerIT, speakers offered many new insights into how the battle for broadband is being won. In many cases, not as fast as most of us would like but progress is being made. Speakers also offered insights into how businesses  both large and small will benefit from the broadband of tomorrow. They all believe that tomorrow is around the corner… (more)

The battle for broadband

Broadband remains a challenge in South Africa. EngineerIT will address the issues by providing a forum on 2 March 2010, where a number of industry leaders will bring us up to speed with the latest developments and technologies in broadband communication… (more)