Electronic waste or e-waste – discarded electrical or electronic devices is a very real problem. Not only does e-waste contain such chemicals as arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium, if e-waste is mishandled during disposal, but these and other harmful chemicals can also end up in the environment. [...]

From unpacking to configuration, the amount of time it takes to set up your networking products is sometimes underestimated, this is without mentioning the sometimes complex technical jargon that comes with the instruction manual. Too many new and existing MiRO customers this leads to frustration and a call to our technical support team for remote assistance. [...]

Safety is paramount, especially during the turbulent times South Africa is going through. Uniview's new active deterrence solutions, available from MiRO, take security to a whole new level. No longer are you limited to grainy, low-quality black and white images that leave little hope of identifying an intruder? Uniview’s camera solutions shed a whole new world of color and clarity. Heavyweights in the security field are the Uniview Ultra H.265 5MP outdoor mini LightHunter PTZ camera and the Ultra H.265 2MP outdoor mini LightHunter PTZ camera – the future of interactive surveillance solutions in the now [...]

Empowering you to connect communities – this is the slogan that MiRO builds its business-to-business trust upon, and since the latest iteration of miro.co.za launched in 2020, a lot of development hours have been spent to bring a consumer-like online shopping experience to MiRO business customers in Southern Africa.  [...]

It is estimated that fixed IP traffic doubles in volume every five years, driving the constant demand for capacity from the subscriber side. Radwin offers a future-proof solution that enables service providers to both keep pace with growing demand and increase revenues through fibre-like wireless access in the licenced and unlicenced sub-6GHz bands (4.9 to 5.9 GHz). [...]

In line with its focus on fundamental innovation to improve efficiency and prevent problems with noise, RF Elements has updated its UltraDishTM offering with its new RF-UD-TP21. The updated RF-UD-TP 24 and RF-UD-TP27 are replacing the RF-UD-TP400 and RF-UD-TP550 respectively. This is a new UltraDish TM generation; a set of three parabolic dishes for PtP and CPE applications. [...]

Coarse Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (CWDM) technology offers a solution that will dramatically increase the capacity of existing fibre infrastructure by enabling multiple channels or wavelengths over the same fibre cabling, which reduces costs for new fibre optic deployments. [...]

With SIAE Microelettronica’s carrier-grade 11 GHz licensed solutions, downtime and intermittent bandwidth are a thing of the past! SIAE’s range features fully-outdoor IP radios that offer guaranteed throughput and high uptime availability. Its field-proven robust solutions on the 11 GHz ICASA licensed spectrum will ensure reliable and interference-free PtP links of up to 30 kilometers. [...]

About to land in South Africa, the Teltonika Networks’ new Bluetooth PUCK devices are set to shake-up such sectors as asset management and the cold chain with the latest in monitoring technology. [...]

Many factors can slow down your Wi-Fi networks, such as radio frequency interference, security incompatibility, overloading, and physical obstacles. [...]

The new Mimosa Management Platform (MMP) for on-premise and private cloud deployments is here! Available from MiRO, Mimosa by Airspan’s MMP is an advanced standalone network management software platform for Mimosa fixed wireless devices. [...]

All businesses are adapting to becoming smarter, agile, cost-conscious, and rising to the challenges of the digital economy, the fourth the industrial revolution and remote working. They know they need to adjust operational costs without sacrificing quality and service in order to be among the businesses that will both survive and flourish in this new Covid-19 world. [...]

Fibre rollouts come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from small private estate developments, commercial parks, campuses to large municipal deployments. Switches are the crucial building blocks for any network – fibre or otherwise. These connect multiple devices such as wireless access points, servers, computers, and printers on the same network. [...]

In today’s era of constant technological advancement, AI, machine learning, cloud, and big data, there is a constant requirement for reliable connectivity between people, machines, and infrastructure across all market verticals.  The routing of all traffic happens through the unsung heroes of networking devices, namely routers. Living in today’s era of constant technological innovation, the world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud, and big data, all require constant, reliable connectivity between people, machines, and infrastructure across pretty much every market sector which makes the router an often unsung hero when it actually deserves stardom. [...]

DECT or Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications is a wireless standard used for home or office phones that allows users to make and receive phone calls without the handset physically connected to the phone or base station. DECT uses the 1900MHz frequency band and does not interfere with Wi-Fi on 2.4GHz, making it a great choice for modern workplaces and homes.  [...]

As WiFi has evolved from Wi-Fi 4, 5, and now to 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi now offers the stability required for voice transmission and there are superb products on the market to make voice-over-Wi-Fi the first choice, especially for consumers and home offices.   [...]

In today’s era of constant technological advancement, AI, machine learning, cloud, and big data, there is a constant requirement for reliable connectivity between people, machines, and infrastructure across all market verticals.  The routing of all traffic happens through the unsung heroes of networking devices, namely routers.. Living in today’s era of constant technological innovation, the world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud, and big data, all require constant, reliable connectivity between people, machines, and infrastructure across pretty much every market sector which makes the router an often unsung hero when it actually deserves stardom. [...]

As work-from-home and remote work continue to increase, cloud- or web-based platforms have played an invaluable role. These platforms include Zoom, MS Teams, Google, Slack and Blue Jeans, which makes compatibility an essential component in modern work environments. Grandstream’s GUV series means powerful, easy-to-use headsets and webcams compatible with any collaboration platform, computer and laptop and form the core of an effective work-from-home solution. [...]

Whether working from home or at their office, online meetings have become the go-to option over the last year since the onset of COVID-19.  IT support professionals scrambled to ensure that users can use their built-in microphones and speakers for online meetings and depending on the age of the hardware, resulted in more IT support tickets with users complaining about bad quality.  [...]

Slow internet connections are frustrating, both for consumers as well as for fiber internet service providers (FISPs), who understand how costly this can be. Unhappy customers vote for their provider with their feet and if the service is lacking, they will vote in favor of a competitor. Customers can easily move to a different service provider simply because of slow or intermittent internet connection experiences.  [...]