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To be successfully employed in a contact centre in South Africa, an individual is expected to have a good command of the English language as well as advanced numeracy, technology, and customer service skills. However, skill shortages are a major challenge in the South African contact centre market. Also, a recent change in the requirements to recei...

The information technology (IT) department must align with changing business goals for growth, innovation, and speed to market, and must focus on satisfying internal, line-of-business clients. The traditional IT expert has evolved into an innovation expert and a service broker, which defines the role of the chief information officer/chief technolog...

The year 2014 has witnessed continued upheaval in the ICT industry, including an upsurge in over-the-top (OTT) activity, the launch of viable low-cost smartphones, and major changes in the competitive landscape as a result of both partnerships and mergers. Frost & Sullivan's ICT research team has conducted an extensive analysis, including a combin...

The current move in South Africa towards cloud computing represents an opportunity that Communication Service Providers (CSPs) can take advantage of in order to grow and protect their revenue streams. While CSPs have, until presently, mostly concentrated on transmission services as cloud carriers, it is imperative that they change their role to clo...