Select South African mobile network operators (MNO) and Internet and telecommunications service providers (SP) will on 7 July explore a rapidly growing movement to break the shackles of vendor lock-in using OpenRAN (ORAN) solutions as they transition to 5G.
Digital price tags a massive hit with Kalahari SPAR and TOPS
Kalahari SPAR and TOPS in Upington has been using digital price tags from NEC XON Retail since November 2021 to eliminate price discrepancies, manage prices, stock, inventories, and improve customer experiences.
SABEN boosts TVET college connectivity on FortiGate from NEC XON
South African Broadband Education Networks (SABEN) has increased bandwidth for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges, many up from 10Mbps, to 200Mbps using FortiGate devices from NEC XON.
NEC XON and Mimecast partner for SADC’s best email security
NEC XON has partnered with Mimecast Limited to complete its turnkey cybersecurity offering to South African organisations with secure email platform, integration, and managed cybersecurity services. Mimecast is recognised by analysts and customers as one of the...
How digital price tags helped a SPAR owner keep customers and be profitable
There is a reason SPAR Group’s wholesale turnover for the core food business grew by R5 billion from 2019 to 2020.
Bakhresa business Azam Digital backs up broadcast tower power with NEC XON
Azam Digital Broadcast is deploying NEC XON’s Hybrid Storage Solution (HSS) for regulated and uninterrupted power supply to its broadcast tower network throughout Tanzania. “Broadcast is a competitive business,” says Ahmed H. Abdallah, CEO of Azam Digital Broadcast,...
NEC XON and Boston IT Solutions South Africa create digital transformation as a service platform
The platform, which gathers real-time data for processing by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms, provides for many use cases. “The outcome of optimised and predictable operations and risk-based insights with event dashboards are...
How SA’s education institutions can beat the digital transformation challenge
South African education has never been more pressured to perform. Digital transformation, often touted as the solution, can just as quickly become the challenge. One of the problems is that it’s an all-encompassing phrase. In the past two years it has come to...
NEC XON partners with Azimut to digitalise smart self-service
NEC XON has partnered with Azimut, a Wavetec company, to provide know your customer (KYC) turnkey self-service solutions throughout Africa that help telecoms and mobile operators identify and verify customer identities, without branch overheads, as they connect the...
MetroFibre certification is the global gold standard enabling digital enterprises
MetroFibre customers have enhanced performance, agility, and assurance, particularly relevant to organisations undergoing digital transformation, based on its MEF 3.0 certification achieved with assistance from long-term systems integration partner, NEC XON. Allied...