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South Africa: Gauteng Schools Get Free Wi-Fi |
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Google Alert |
| Source Date: |
Friday, August 16, 2013 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government, Citizen Engagement, Internet Governance
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South Africa |
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Aug 16, 2013 |
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Cloudseed, who won the bid to provide connectivity for the network, will provide the core network which will comprise of Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity to all 2 200 provincial public schools
They have been awarded a two year contract
Thereafter, this service will be insourced and provided by the Gauteng Broadband Network.
The tablets will only be delivered to the schools when schools re-open in January 2014.
Short-term insurance will be procured for the tablets to mitigate against unforeseeable losses and damages, while on-going maintenance and support will be provided by the supplier.
This comes after the finance department decided to scrap the Gauteng Online Schools Project in favour of e-learning solutions.
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South Africa: Gauteng Schools Get Free Wi-Fi Cape Town – Gauteng's finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe announced on Wednesday that 2 200 provincial public schools will each receive free tablets Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity Huawei Technologies will provide all the tablets and each school will receive 44 devices Nkomfe said the tablets will remain the property of the Gauteng Provincial Government
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