NEWS
Technology distributor equips homeless
children in South Africa to go to school
W
estcon-Comstor, a value-added technology distributor of
security, networking and data centre solutions, has been
working with Kids Haven to equip homeless children to go to school.
Westcon-Comstor’s Comstor business unit through its CSI initiative,
Comstor Cares, has fully kitted out 10 children and in South Africa’s
Ekurhuleni region for their first year of school. “There is no greater gift
than giving of yourselves to the service of others, and the Comstor
team really stepped up this year by pulling together, through
personal donations, to provide for the children of Kids Haven,” said
Louise Taute, Comstor Director at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa.
“I have been completely humbled by the generosity of every single
staff member, they truly emphasise the very ethos upon which our
CSI initiative Comstor Cares has been built.”
Through its donations Comstor Cares was able to outfit 10 children,
including two girls and eight boys ranging in ages from five to eight,
for their first year of school.
Terri Heatlie, at Kids Haven, said: “Kids Haven is a non-profit
organisation and is heavily dependent on organisations and
individuals like the team from Westcon-Comstor and its Comstor
Cares initiative for their support.”
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ZTE’s NB-IoT Innovative Application wins
GLOMO award at Mobile World Congress 2018
Z
TE Corporation has won the Best Mobile
Service for the Connected GLOMO 2018
at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in
Barcelona. The news showcases the South
African firm’s good start to the year, with its
NB-IoT innovative application smart parking
system scooping the award.
ZTE has been committed to IoT application
innovation and ecosystem construction, with
it focusing on ‘chip, network and cloud’.
The company has launched more than 20
NB-IoT networks, WiseFone and RoseFinch
NB-IoT chip series for high performance
and low power consumption, as well as the
ThingxCloud IoT platform.
It has also established the Global IoT
Alliance (GIA), which currently has more
than 200 partners from more than 30
industries, effectively promoting the
maturity of the IoT industry.
To embrace the 5G era, ZTE is co-operating
extensively with leading enterprises in multiple
fields such as VR/AR, smart manufacturing,
smart grid and connected cars to explore
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INTELLIGENTCIO
ZTE Corporation won the Best Mobile
Service award for the Connected GLOMO
20187 at the Mobile World Congress 2018
in Barcelona
innovative applications and conduct
verification and research on business models. Market Development Award and Innovative
Mobile Service and Application Award 2017.
Recently, ZTE has been a winner of several
international industry awards. At the GTI
annual awards ceremony, ZTE won the 2017 ZTE will now continue to increase its
investments in technological innovations and
promote the maturity of the IoT industry.
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