News@Cisco: South Africa Press Releases

Cisco's Global Talent Acceleration Program Grows From Strength to Strength as It Marks Its Third Anniversary in South Africa

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 20 April 2011 - Cisco announced today that the number of graduates coming out of its Global Talent Acceleration Program (GTAP) in South Africa has increased 10-fold since the program started in March 2008. From just 14 graduates in 2008 and 80 graduates in 2010, 140 students are projected to graduate in 2011. Now entering its third year in South Africa and ...

Cisco Helps Extend ICT Education into Rural South Africa With Launch of Community Knowledge Centers

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 10 February 2011 - Cisco today announced the launch of 15 community knowledge centers in South Africa, funded by Cisco through its partners in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Cisco worked with Inveneo to bring in the technology in the form of computers and networking equipment, with One Global Economy to install a Web portal that will contain local ...

Neotel / Tata Communications Support Demands for High-Bandwidth Services by Enhancing Carrier Ethernet IP NGN

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, California, and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 21, 2010 – Cisco today announced that Neotel South Africa, majority owned by Tata Communications, has enhanced its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) to offer new business services based on the Cisco® Carrier Ethernet system. This upgrade is driven by increasing customer demand in South Africa for sophisticated ...

Cisco's Digital Media Suite Scores at FIFA World Cup™ Kick-Off Celebration Concert

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 17, 2010 - Cisco announced today that it collaborated with Control Room, a leading producer of global music events, to showcase the Cisco® Digital Media Suite (DMS) solution at the FIFA World Cup™ Kick-Off Celebration Concert last week. The event took place on the eve of the first match on 10 June 2010, in the newly renovated Orlando Stadium in Soweto, ...

First Cohort from Cisco's Global Talent Acceleration Program in South Africa Graduate With Flying Colors

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 10, 2008 - Cisco furthered its goal to develop homegrown technical skills with the investiture last week of the first graduates of its South African Global Talent Acceleration Program (GTAP) in Johannesburg. This marks the first major delivery milestone in Cisco's recently announced investment into South Africa under the National Industrial Participation ...

Cisco Study Reveals Potential for, and Barriers to, Successful Internet Adoption in Emerging Markets

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:00 PST

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - November 20, 2008 A new study, sponsored by Cisco and conducted by Illuminas Global, reveals that citizens in developing economies are well aware of the potential of the Internet and expect to use online services far more than they currently do. In urban centers within emerging markets, the lack of skills, paucity of services and reliance on shared-access PCs, ...

Cisco Invests R215m in South African Economy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 15, 2008 - Cisco today announced a R215m (USD 27m) investment in the Cisco Innovation Hub Technology Centre (CIHTC) in Pretoria. The centre, which will be become the home of ICT initiatives including an InnovationLab, a Global Talent Acquisition Programme, the Cisco Netversity, an Entrepreneur Institute and a Software Development Programme, is expected to ...

Cisco Selects South Africa as Launch Pad for Global Talent Acceleration Program in Emerging Africa

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 17, 2008 - Furthering its goal to develop homegrown technical skills through education initiatives, Cisco® has announced the launch of its Global Talent Acceleration Program (GTAP) facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. Part of an ongoing investment in the region, GTAP is a long-term Cisco initiative aimed at developing local next-generation local network ...

African Leadership Academy and Cisco Announce Creation of 'Cisco Scholars' Program to Benefit Disadvantage South African Students

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 26, 2007 - African Leadership Academy (ALA), a pan-African secondary institution located on the outskirts of Johannesburg that seeks to develop future generations of African leaders, today announced the creation of the "Cisco Scholars" program. This program will be funded by the Cisco South Africa Education Trust, which was created by Cisco as part of its ...

Cisco Deepens Commitment to Economic Transformation in South Africa with Black Economic Empowerment Initiative

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 4, 2007 - As part of its vision of participating in the socio-economic transformation of emerging markets around the globe, Cisco® today announced a wide-ranging Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) strategy for its South African operations which is closely aligned with the economic transformation goals of the government of South Africa. Cisco's ...

MTN Addresses Customer Demand for Mobile Services by Upgrading Network to Help Deliver Voice, Data and Video with Mobility

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:45:00 PST

3GSM, BARCELONA, Spain and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - February 13, 2007 - Cisco today announced that it has been working with MTN to address the needs of more than 33 million South African subscribers and their demands for sophisticated mobile services and applications. This includes delivering advanced multimedia mobile services, such as mobile TV, to improve customer satisfaction and ...

Cisco Systems Launches Voice Gateway Appliance to Migrate Legacy PBX Networks to IP Communications

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:00:00 PST

LONDON, United Kingdom - October 12, 2004 - The new Cisco® EGW 2200 Enterprise Gateway can help organisations reduce telephone operating expenses by facilitating the phased migration from time-division multiplexing (TDM) private branch exchange (PBX) networks to fully converged Cisco IP telephony and IP communications solutions. The Cisco EGW 2200 gateway is designed as an easy-to- ...

Ethiopia Revamps Telecoms Infrastructure to Help Propel Country's Growth

Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PST

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 30, 2004 - Cisco Systems® and Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) announced today that ETC has deployed an optical network infrastructure that will help transport high-quality voice, data and multimedia services to government departments, companies and the general population. The new Cisco® ONS 15454-based optical transport infrastructure and ...