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  By   Daniel Puchert Partially state-owned telecommunications company Telkom announced in its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2025 that its ADSL subscribers had more than halved to under 30,000. According to the company’s operational data, ADSL lines decreased from 64,959 in March 2024 to 29,770. This 54.2% decline highlights that the legacy broadband technology is slowly approaching the end of the road. Telkom’s ADSL business peaked at the end of March 2016 with 1.01 million subscribers — two years after fibre upstart Vumatel  broke ground in Parkhurst . What followed was a sharp decline in Telkom ADSL subscribers. Customers connected to its copper networks decreased by more than 500,000 over the next four years. This was partly driven by Telkom itself, which began actively switching off its copper network in some neighbourhoods. If it did not have fibre in the area, it would offer a “fixed line lookalike” wireless service that ran over its cellular ...

Certification For Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

 

  • Free OCI, Oracle Autonomous Database, and other certifications will be available exclusively from Oracle University through 31 December 2021.

Cloud technology company Oracle has announced it will offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) training and OCI certification testing for free worldwide. The new program includes Oracle’s entire expert-created OCI learning curriculum for all skill levels and various IT roles. Through this program, learners have access to all OCI courses, delivered digitally, on-demand, and available in 13 languages. 

Oracle is also offering Oracle Autonomous Database and other certification exams free for a limited time. 

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Free OCI, Oracle Autonomous Database, and other certifications will be available exclusively from Oracle University through December 31, 2021. In addition, free OCI digital training will be available on-going.  

“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen the IT skills gap become wider and more prominent than ever before due to our heightened reliance on high-tech and cloud skills. This gap not only impacts the people looking for meaningful careers but also companies seeking qualified professionals. By providing free training on arguably the fastest growing cloud technology in the industry, Oracle is helping individuals build the skills they need for successful careers and making it easier than ever for our customers to maximize the value of their Oracle Cloud investment,” said Damien Carey, Senior Vice President, Oracle University

One can enrol for the certification courses here. Oracle’s new program will include:

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  • Access to the entire digital OCI training catalogue, which includes courses for all levels and multiple roles, accessible anytime and anywhere with 13 languages supported
  • Hands-on labs through the Oracle Cloud free tier to enable practice in a live environment
  • An end-to-end Oracle certification experience — from preparation courses and practise exams to testing and credentialing
  • Live sessions taught by Oracle experts who cover best practices and provide personalized feedback
  • Career resources to support those who are seeking new job opportunities

Recently, Oracle has announced the availability of MySQL Autopilot — a new component of MySQL HeatWave service, the in-memory query acceleration engine for MySQL Database Service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). 

Now, Oracle’s new training program enables people to gain valuable cloud expertise that can be applied to any industry, enabling them to enhance their value and grow their careers. The free training and certification also help expand the IT talent pool, making it easier for businesses to acquire or develop the skilled professionals they need to grow and innovate quickly. 

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