Ekurhuleni Adopts Huawei Wi-Fi Shield to Secure Its Energy Network
City of Ekurhuleni (COE), located in Gauteng, South Africa, is renowned for having one of the highest urbanization rates at 97%. It's also considered a highly industrialized economic hub. COE is accelerating its digital transformation process and the reliability of electricity supply stands out as a key driver of its dynamism.
The original electrical campus networks have become outdated, with many devices still operating on Wi-Fi 5 standards. The result was weak signal strength and limited coverage, negatively impacting staff productivity and overall network experience. Manually identifying individual faults in the vast number of devices used in the old wireless campus infrastructure consumed a significant amount of time and increased operational costs.
Data security also emerged as a cr...
