Recently Saudi based stc Group has acquired South Africa based CMC Networks giving it network access into 51 out of 54 African countries , and UAE based Etisalat Group has chosen to acquire and then restructure itself spinning of cloud , IoT , and cybersecurity services as separate business entities .

In this month ’ s lead feature we look at the culmination of NTT ’ s global consolidation journey including South Africa based Dimension Data and other entities to create reetings to the global readers of Intelligent a global IT services provider that is ranked Tech Channels . amongst the top five by revenue . As well as

Regional telecommunication groups have the third largest global data centre provider struggled to manage the technology inflexion with 80 data centres across 20 countries . curves . The sector has multiple challenges ; The acquisition driver for large telecom for one the telecommunication platforms conglomerates such as NTT is the integration have been significantly disrupted by first of software and services that drive the next network virtualization and then integration generation digital platforms , which support of 5G + capabilities and the required the businesses of their subscriber base . supporting ecosystems in the backend .

Dimension Data has had a telecom

The second is to leverage and deliver IT business and a networking business and the services to its vast portfolio of enterprises ability to couple them together as software and SMB ’ s to whom they deliver VoIP , and services makes them more relevant to media and data services . As well as secure customers , and to NTT as well .

Turn these pages to read more about Dimension Data ’ s go to market as an NTT entity , across Africa and Middle East .

In this month ’ s Editor ’ s Question we ask what are the opportunities and challenges for channel partners in the fast-developing migration to zero emissions , green technology , circular economy , and solutions space ? Despite the current economic climate , sustainability will remain a key priority in 2024 and is now firmly on CEO agendas . Top executives from Cloud Box , Fortinet , Pure Storage , NetApp respond .

Ramadan Kareem to all our readers as we enter the beginning of the holy month in March .

Arun Shankar Managing Editor arun @ lynchpinmedia . com

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