Date | Title | Description |
04.11.2024 | South Africa's Struggle with 2G: A Legacy Network Dilemma | In the digital age, South Africa finds itself shackled to the past. The country is still importing 2G phones, a relic of a bygone era. This is not just a nuisance; it’s a barrier to progress. The chief technology officer of Cell C, Schalk V... |
04.11.2024 | The Tug of War in South Africa's Telecoms: Fair Share vs. Free Market | The South African telecommunications landscape is in the midst of a heated debate. At the center of this storm is the concept of "Fair Share." This idea suggests that over-the-top (OTT) service providers, like Netflix and Facebook... |
04.11.2024 | The Tug of War in South Africa's Telecom Landscape: Fair Share and Legacy Devices | In the heart of South Africa's telecommunications sector, a storm brews. The debate over the "Fair Share" principle rages on, with industry leaders divided. Meanwhile, the legacy of 2G devices clings stubbornly to the market, hamp... |
04.11.2024 | Council shake-up at Icasa | The four-year terms of four councillors at Icasa have ended, though two of the councillors may soon return to the communications regulator’s decision-making board.
Icasa said on Monday that Yolisa Kedama, Charley Lewis, Peter Zimri and Luth... |
30.10.2024 | Cell C CEO opposes regulated ‘Fair Share’ in South African telecoms | Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes
Jorge Mendes says operators should come to commercial agreements instead of regulation mandating Fair Share.
Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has weighed in on the “Fair Share” debate raging in South Africa, saying network o... |
30.10.2024 | Why is South Africa still importing 2G phones? | Cell C chief technology officer Schalk Visser
Cell C chief technology officer Schalk Visser has said the continued importation of legacy 2G devices to be sold into the local market is a hindrance in the way of shutting down legacy networks ... |
24.10.2024 | The Spectrum Showdown: Navigating the 6GHz Band and Connectivity Future | The battle for the 6GHz spectrum is heating up. It’s a clash of titans: cellular operators versus the Wi-Fi industry. Both sides are vying for a piece of the bandwidth pie. The stakes are high. Connectivity is the lifeblood of modern societ... |
22.10.2024 | The fight over the 6GHz band and the future of connectivity | The battle for the 6GHz spectrum band is hotting up in South Africa, mirroring global debates on the allocation of spectrum between Wi-Fi and IMT (cellular) operators. The core of this conflict is the need for additional bandwidth to meet t... |
04.10.2024 | Solly Malatsi wants big change to ICT sector’s BEE rules | Communications minister Solly Malatsi speaking to the TechCentral Show. Image: Lerato Sepotokele
Communications minister Solly Malatsi said on Friday that he intends issuing a policy direction to communications regulator Icasa that could le... |
04.10.2024 | Icasa’s actions suggest an agenda, says StarSat after raid | A satellite antenna outside StarSat’s head office in Midrand, Johannesburg
StarSat has accused the communications regulator of ulterior motives following a raid at the broadcaster’s premises.
StarSat has slammed Icasa’s Wednesday execution ... |
03.10.2024 | StarSat's Battle for Survival: A Regulatory Showdown | In the heart of Midrand, South Africa, a storm brews. StarSat, a pay-television operator, finds itself in a precarious position. The communications regulator, Icasa, has pulled the plug on its operations. A police van and Icasa officials st... |
02.10.2024 | The Tug of War in South Africa's Telecom and Broadcasting Landscape | In the heart of South Africa's vibrant telecom and broadcasting sector, two significant stories unfold. One involves a potential merger that could reshape the broadcasting landscape, while the other highlights the struggles of a smaller pla... |
02.10.2024 | Navigating the Telecom Regulatory Landscape: A Tug of War Between Compliance and Competition | In the ever-evolving world of telecommunications, regulatory frameworks shape the landscape. Recently, two significant developments have emerged in South Africa's telecom sector, highlighting the delicate balance between compliance and comp... |
02.10.2024 | Icasa raids StarSat, pulls plug on infrastructure | A police van and Icasa vehicle are seen outside StarSat’s head office in Midrand on Wednesday. Photo: Nkosinathi Ndlovu for TechCentral
Work has come to a standstill at StarSat’s Midrand offices following a raid by communications regulator ... |
01.10.2024 | Icasa data expiry plan is regulatory overreach, MTN says | MTN has argued that competitive market forces are already doing what Icasa aims to achieve through regulation.
MTN South Africa has argued that proposed amendments by communications regulator Icasa to the end user regulations that would eit... |
01.10.2024 | Telkom warns Icasa plan could rob it of its competitive edge | Telkom has asked communications regulator Icasa to refrain from “overreach” that might remove some of the levers it uses to compete against its larger competitors in the data and voice markets.
Speaking at public hearings regarding proposed... |
30.09.2024 | Canal+, MultiChoice approach regulators over deal | MultiChoice Group and its French suitor, Groupe Canal+, have approached South African regulators, including the communications regulator, Icasa, seeking to have their proposed merger consummated.
Canal+ has offered to pay MultiChoice shareh... |
20.09.2024 | Vodacom signs its first MVNO customer | Vodacom South Africa has built an enablement platform for mobile virtual network operators, signed up its first MVNO client and declared the platform “open for business”.
The client, Mr Price Mobile, is the first MVNO to be supported on Vod... |
17.09.2024 | Cell C's Fight for Survival: Navigating a Competitive Landscape | Cell C, once a promising contender in South Africa's telecommunications arena, finds itself grappling with fierce competition and market dynamics that threaten its very existence. The company's CEO, Jorge Mendes, has laid bare the challenge... |
16.09.2024 | Cell C was ‘handicapped from the start’: Jorge Mendes | Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes
Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has said the mobile operator was “handicapped from the start” by the actions of rivals MTN and Vodacom, which both jacked up call termination rates prior to their new rival’s entry into the m... |
13.09.2024 | Ramaphosa, Musk hold talks as Starlink eyes South Africa launch | Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
Elon Musk’s Starlink is holding talks with the South African government to introduce the satellite service in Africa’s biggest and most developed economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Musk and Ramaphosa held ... |
09.09.2024 | Icasa in the dark as Musk claims Starlink awaiting regulatory approval in South Africa | Elon Musk. Image: TED Conference
A claim by SpaceX founder Elon Musk that Starlink is awaiting regulatory approval in South Africa appears to be unfounded.
Communications regulator Icasa told TechCentral on Monday that, despite a post by El... |
28.08.2024 | Starlink launched in Botswana | Starlink has been launched in Botswana, with the country becoming the third country bordering South Africa to get the SpaceX-owned satellite internet service.
While Starlink is yet to publish a launch date for Starlink in South Africa, the ... |
22.08.2024 | The Digital Tug-of-War: South Africa's Broadband Dilemma | In the vast landscape of South Africa's telecommunications, a storm brews. The Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) has thrown down the gauntlet, demanding that over-the-top (OTT) service providers like Netflix step into the regulatory... |
20.08.2024 | Internet giants must ‘pay to play’ in South Africa | The Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) has argued for the inclusion of so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers like Netflix in the policy and regulatory regimes governing telecommunications in South Africa.
Speaking at the lau... |
12.08.2024 | Stage set for court battle over spectrum pooling | Vodacom’s spectrum pooling case against communications regulator Icasa and telecoms operators MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies will soon be heard in the high court in Pretoria.
The matter was initially scheduled to be heard t... |
04.07.2024 | Controversial spectrum deal: Icasa questions Vodacom’s legal tactics | Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi
Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi has hit back at Vodacom after the mobile operator accused the communications regulator of unlawfully approving spectrum “pooling” agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intellig... |
03.07.2024 | Telkom blasts Icasa in ‘spectrum pooling’ case | Telkom has criticised communications regulator Icasa over its alleged failure to engage stakeholders – including other mobile network operators – before approving spectrum pooling agreements between MTN, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Techno... |
01.07.2024 | Weekly economic index: South African telco giants clash, Meta to pay Nigerian and Ghanaian content creators, and Nigeria’s debt to GDP ratio reaches record high. | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: MTN contests Vodacom’s Spectrum allegations
The South African telecommunications industry is embroiled in a... |
01.07.2024 | The battle over the upper 6GHz band in South Africa | Wireless spectrum is the lifeblood of communication networks, and one of the most important legislative decisions in any country is deciding who gets to use it and for what purpose.
One of the hottest debates in South Africa today revolves ... |
30.06.2024 | DA communications minister to bring policy shake-up | Newly appointed communications minister Solly Malatsi
South Africa has its first minister of communications in the democratic era who isn’t a member of the ANC – and significant policy changes could be on the cards.
President Cyril Ramaphos... |
27.06.2024 | We are not law breakers: MTN hits back at Vodacom lawsuit | Image: MTN
MTN South Africa said on Thursday that it will fight Vodacom’s lawsuit that alleged spectrum pooling arrangements with Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies were unlawful.
TechCentral reported last month that Vodacom had sou... |
25.06.2024 | Icasa wants operators to learn to share spectrum | Icasa is creating a framework that will allow for spectrum to be shared and dynamically allocated to different licensees depending on demand, time, location and usage patterns.
The communications regulator has asked stakeholders to supply i... |
18.06.2024 | Vodacom fires hundreds of workers in crime crackdown | Vodacom Group fired 631 employees and contractors in the 2024 financial year for fraud-related incidents, leading to 15 arrests.
According to the telecommunications operator’s group’s annual report and consolidated financial statements rele... |
13.06.2024 | Telkom warns Icasa call rate cuts will punish smaller players | Telkom’s Lunga Siyo
Telkom has told Icasa that the process the communications regulator followed in setting the latest proposed changes to call termination rates, although long and detailed, reached the wrong conclusions.
Termination rates ... |
31.05.2024 | Icasa to hold public hearings on call rates | Communications regulator Icasa will hold public hearings into contentious proposed changes to wholesale call termination rates in South Africa on 13 June 2024.
In March, the regulator proposed slashing mobile call termination rates – or the... |
30.05.2024 | South Africa takes a step closer to spectrum trading | Government is moving to liberalise South Africa’s telecommunications industry further by establishing the ground rules for spectrum trading and spectrum sharing.
In a policy document on next-generation spectrum for economic development, pub... |
30.05.2024 | Minister sets new dates for 2G, 3G shutdown in South Africa | Communications minister Mondli Gungubele
Government has set a new date for 2G and 3G mobile networks in South Africa to be shut down in South Africa.
According to a new policy document published on the eve of the general election, governmen... |
24.05.2024 | SABC fined R500 000 for refusing to air DA election ad | A screengrab of the DA’s election ad, which has been banned by the SABC from its platforms
Communications regulator Icasa has ordered the SABC to resume flighting a controversial Democratic Alliance election ad that depicts the burning of t... |
24.05.2024 | ICASA recommends R500 000 fine against SABC over DA advert | The SABC refused to air the DA’s political advertisement. Image: X/@our_da
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has recommended that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) be fined R500 000 for refusin... |
19.05.2024 | Should the SABC have discretion to reject a political ad? | Michael Markovitz
Back in the day – sometime in 1993 – I was a 30-something media activist (with an ill-fitting suit). Despite my questionable dress sense, I was selected by anti-apartheid civil society groups and the ANC to be one of the d... |
13.05.2024 | Cutting wholesale call rates a waste of time: Vodacom | Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said on Monday that planned further cuts to call termination rates will have no real impact on the retail prices paid by consumers.
Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on Monday, Joosub urged sector regu... |
09.05.2024 | SABC bans controversial DA election ad | A screengrab of the DA’s election ad, which has been banned by the SABC from its platforms
The SABC has refused to flight a controversial election television advertisement produced by the Democratic Alliance, a move the official opposition ... |
03.05.2024 | Icasa says still no Starlink application for South Africa | A Starlink terminal at the Victoria Falls in Zambia. Image c/o Paratus Group
Communications regulator Icasa said on Friday that it has still not received a formal application from SpaceX for a licence to operate its satellite-based Starlink... |
22.04.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: Starlink cuts Users in SA, Kenya’s database to halt tax evasion and Nigeria’s economy slips to fourth-largest. | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Starlink Cuts Off South African Users Over Licensing Issues
South African Starlink users face a sudden inte... |
22.04.2024 | Mothibi Ramusi sworn in as new Icasa chairman | Mothibi Ramusi
Icasa councillor Mothibi Ramusi has been sworn in as the new chairman of the communications regulator and will kick off his five-year term on 2 May 2024. He will be the sixth chair of the Icasa council.
Ramusi, who is well kn... |
18.04.2024 | It’s time to share scarce spectrum in South Africa | Following the recent gazetting of communications regulator Icasa’s position paper on the inquiry into the implementation of dynamic spectrum access and sharing, a closer look at the ramifications of this technology in South Africa are warra... |
26.03.2024 | Fixed-line calls are being unfairly penalised: Telkom | Telkom has expressed dismay at communications regulator Icasa’s draft decision to cut fixed call termination rates – the amount one network charges another to carry calls between them – more “drastically” than it has mobile termination rate... |
20.03.2024 | Why South Africa may be stuck with 2G for longer | User reliance on legacy 2G and 3G networks is constraining the ability of network operators to migrate to newer technologies.
The December 2027 deadline, set by the department of communications & digital technologies, for operators to s... |
01.03.2024 | Icasa walks back plan for tough data expiry rules | Communications regulator Icasa has taken heed of industry criticism of proposed new data expiry rules and decided not to implement their most stringent aspects.
In 2022, Icasa published draft amendments to its end-user and subscriber servic... |
22.11.2023 | MTN blasts Telkom call for spectrum auction delay | MTN South Africa has blasted rival Telkom’s call for a delay to 2025 to communications regulator Icasa’s next broadband spectrum auction.
Telkom on Tuesday said it had asked Icasa to postpone its next spectrum auction until 2025 because it ... |
18.10.2023 | Martinis, Ramusi shortlisted for Icasa council | Parliament has submitted two names to communications minister Mondli Gungubele for a vacancy on communications regulator Icasa’s decision-making council.
The two names shortlisted by the portfolio committee on communications & digital t... |
04.09.2023 | Interim CEO at Showmax as Yolisa Phahle steps back | MultiChoice South Africa CEO Marc Jury. Image: LinkedIn
MultiChoice Group has appointed Marc Jury as interim CEO of its Showmax business as former CEO Yolisa Phahle prepares for retirement.
“It is with mixed emotions to announce that our Sh... |
14.08.2023 | MTN to pay R1.9-billion still owing for spectrum | MTN Group said on Monday that its South African subsidiary will soon pay an outstanding amount of R1.9-billion to communications regulator Icasa for spectrum purchased in the 2022 spectrum auction that it’s been unable to utilise.
“Subject ... |
28.07.2023 | Telkom insists it still needs regulatory support | Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong
Telkom is doubling down on its demand that it should continue to qualify for asymmetric mobile termination rates (MTRs).
In the group’s integrated annual report for 2023, which was published on Monday, CEO ... |
24.07.2023 | Every Important complaints hotline in South Africa | Here’s (Almost) Every Important Complaints Hotline in South Africa
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It’s your right to complain if you aren’t happy with a product or service in South Africa.
Eskom is responsible for electricity supply and maintenance. Outag... |
17.07.2023 | South Africa: Communication Blackout - Impact of Power Grid Collapse On ICT | Threats to South Africa's ICT sector, which functions as the country's nerve system, must be taken seriously.
Eskom, South Africa's electricity utility, insists a grid collapse is 'unlikely' and that it would take an 'unforeseen and sudden ... |
09.06.2023 | Icasa seeks expert to run next spectrum auction | Communications regulator Icasa said on Friday that it will soon publish a request for proposals to appoint a consultant to assist with its next broadband spectrum auction.
Icasa, which expects to conclude the auction next year, plans to lic... |
23.05.2023 | Icasa opens big chunk of 6GHz band to Wi-Fi | In a boon to wireless internet service providers, communications regulator Icasa has officially opened a big portion of the 6GHz band to Wi-Fi applications.
The move, which comes after Icasa introduced draft amendments to regulations at the... |
17.05.2023 | 5G spectrum policy to be finalised by September: Gungubele | Government will issue a final policy direction on the allocation of 5G spectrum by September this year, communications minister Mondli Gungubele said in parliament on Wednesday.
Speaking at his department’s budget vote, Gungubele said that,... |
17.04.2023 | Icasa’s spectrum auction plans for 2024 a ‘happy story’ | Dominic Cull
Communications regulator Icasa will hold another auction for radio frequencies suitable for mobile broadband – including 4G/LTE and 5G – early in 2024.
The three bands are IMT450 (450-470MHz), IMT850 (825-830MHz and 870-875MHz)... |
03.04.2023 | Icasa has a new acting chair | Yolisa Kedama
The acting chairman of Icasa, Charley Lewis, has stepped down from the role but will remain on the communications regulator’s decision-making council.
Icasa said on Monday that Yolisa Kedama has been appointed as the new actin... |
16.02.2023 | Minister looks beyond ‘market forces’ to cut cost to communicate | Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Image: GCIS
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has told parliament that the cost to communicate in South Africa is “not decreasing at the pace that government wants” and will look to a... |
31.01.2023 | Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo is the new CEO of Icasa | Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo
The council of communications regulator Icasa has appointed Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo as the authority’s new CEO, replacing Willington Ngwepe, who left the regulator last year for a senior position at MTN Group.
Pr... |
27.01.2023 | Icasa criticised for failing to issue new licences | Ispa’s Dominic Cull
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has blasted communications regulator Icasa for failing to provide new network and service licences to industry players, warning this is undermining the ICT sector’s deve... |
19.12.2022 | Icasa moves to free up more spectrum for Wi-Fi | Communications regulator Icasa is moving to make additional radio frequency spectrum available for Wi-Fi broadband through a proposed amendment to regulations.
Icasa has published draft amendment radio frequency regulations that include an ... |
06.12.2022 | Top ICT tenders: Smart cities, broadcasting back in focus | With the end of the year in sight, government is now mostly pushing tender submission deadlines out to the last two weeks of January and, in one case, even February.
This doesn’t mean there is little of interest on offer from government and... |
05.12.2022 | ICT sector must ensure equal telecoms rights for disabled | As the world commemorated International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Saturday, South Africa's telecoms regulator recognised much remains to be done to ensure persons living with disabilities have equal access to telecoms services tha... |
10.11.2022 | ICASA approves Vodacom’s acquisition of Dark Fibre Africa’s operating licenses
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Success! | South Africa’s telco regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced that it has approved fibre network operator Dark Fibre Africa’s transfer of its operating licenses to Vodacom.
In November 2021, Voda... |
27.09.2022 | The fibre frontier will determine who wins the battle for 5G dominance in SA | The battle lines for 5G dominance have been drawn in South Africa. Last week, the country’s second biggest mobile network operator MTN announced that it was building private 5G networks for big companies in the mining and port industries.
M... |
21.09.2022 | Who will win the race for 5G dominance in South Africa? | In March, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) held the long-awaited broadband spectrum auction, which saw six network providers—Rain, Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid Telcoms and Cell C—bid for frequency spectrum in... |
30.08.2022 | ICT tenders: ICASA gears up oversight | South Africa’s telecommunications and broadcasting sectors are in focus this week as the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa advertises a number of tenders aimed at improving its oversight.
The regulator’s five tenders focu... |
22.08.2022 | Liberalisation, not regulation, will promote competition in comms | The Sentech transmitter in Auckland Park, Johannesburg
This Friday and next Monday, communications regulator Icasa will host public hearings on its market inquiry into signal distribution service in South Africa.
Signal distribution compani... |
07.07.2022 | How media literacy education in South Africa can help combat fake news | How media literacy education in South Africa can help combat fake news: Image: Adobe stock
Online platforms are replete with examples of false information – from WhatsApp messages punting some miraculous cure for COVID, to social media post... |
22.06.2022 | MTN Leads On 5G In South Africa, Says Ookla | MTN SA |
22.06.2022 | Online shopping captures SA’s kasi economy | South Africa’s township e-commerce is growing exponentially, with more people making purchases online in 2022 compared to the previous year.
This is one of the findings in the 2022 South African Township Customer Experience (CX) Report, rel... |
21.06.2022 | MTN sets short-term target for 5G coverage in SA | MTN South Africa says it’s targeting at least 25% of the country’s population to have 5G coverage by the end of 2022.
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16.05.2022 | POPI Act won’t stop ICASA from making network providers collect your biometrics | ICASA wants network providers collect biometric data like faces and fingerprints to combat SIM swap fraud and number hijacking. Photo: Unsplash/Arpad Czapp
Network providers like MTN and Vodacom may have to start collecting personal biometr... |
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06.05.2022 | Citizens reject proposed SA law linking biometrics to SIM cards | A public campaign on proposed draft regulations seeking to link South Africans’ biometric data to their SIM cards has attracted almost 21 000 public comments, with the overwhelming majority rejecting the proposal.
The campaign is run by adv... |
14.04.2022 | Affordable And Reliable Internet Access Critical To Economic Growth, Says Standard Bank Mobile | Standard Bank Mobile |
12.04.2022 | South Africa sees uptick in 5G population coverage | Despite 5G disinformation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa’s 5G population coverage grew from 0.7% in 2020, to 7.5% in 2021.
This is based on data in the latest State of the ICT Sector Report, compiled by the Independent C... |
07.04.2022 | SA's ICT sector grows despite economic slowdown | South Africa’s ICT sector continues to demonstrate signs of growth, recording R243.6 billion in revenue in 2021, up from R243 billion in 2020.
This represents an overall increase of 0.3% in total sector revenue, according to the 2022 State ... |
05.04.2022 | Mobile network operators heed data price reduction call | Mobile operator Cell C had the most affordable 500MB data bundle during the latter half of 2021.
This is based on figures from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA’s) prepaid tariff analysis report, which examin... |
30.03.2022 | Telcos must charge reciprocal international termination rates | ICASA councillor Dr Charley Lewis.
Local telcos must charge reciprocal international termination rates for voice calls originating outside of South Africa.
This is according to telecoms regulator the Independent Communications Authority of ... |
16.02.2022 | Tackling Digital Inclusion In South Africa | SHAREit
Within the 2021 Roland Berger Digital Inclusion Index (RB DII), Sub Saharan Africa placed last in each of the four categories – accessibility, affordability, ability and attitude – against all other regions globally.
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15.02.2022 | How Healthdart is providing affordable and accessible healthcare in South Africa | Share this article:
Aside from education, there is probably no other industry that contributes as much to the development of a society like healthcare. Unhealthy individuals can’t build businesses, fight for good governance, or create life-... |
26.01.2022 | EXPLAINER | The fight over spectrum has been difficult but it'll bring in R8bn when it's auctioned | In the 2020 SONA, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the licensing of the spectrum at the end of that year - it did not happen. (Twitter, @PresidencyZA)
High demand spectrum will enable mobile operators to offer data rich services at ... |
25.11.2021 | Business implored to prioritise digital inclusion over profits | Telkom Group CEO designate Serame Taukobong.
South Africa’s ICT and telecoms sectors have been called upon to play a meaningful role in assisting government efforts to reduce poverty and accelerate digital inclusion, especially in rural com... |
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21.09.2021 | Worries over ICASA’s timing of B-BBEE requirements | Some internet service providers (ISPs) are concerned about the timing of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA’s) interim transformation requirements.
They suggest the April 2022 deadline does not give them enoug... |
13.08.2021 | Women-led start-up wants share in fibre land grab | Angie Pillay, CEO of Terabit Technologies.
Woman-led telecoms infrastructure and technical services start-up Terabit Technologies has set its sights on Africa’s fattening fibre
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22.07.2021 | ICT Tenders: State-owned entities withdraw | It is another far quieter week as state-owned entities (SOEs) take a back seat on the buying front.
This year has seen SOEs cementing their position as government’s big ICT spenders, as players such as Eskom, SABC, State IT Agency, Coega De... |
15.07.2021 | ICT Tenders: National Treasury updates eTenders portal | It's a far quieter week from public sector procurement officers, as only a handful of new ICT opportunities are added to the list of available tenders.
There are several potential causes for the decline: level four lockdown measures could m... |
11.06.2021 | ICT Tenders: Government looks to digital economy | Government procurement officers are in fine spirits, resulting in a plethora of opportunities to consider and respond to this week.
The software sector scores a whopping 70 requests, followed by an equally robust 64 advertisements for the s... |
12.05.2021 | SAPO lawsuit against couriers could shatter e-commerce sector | E-commerce players have expressed concern that the South African Post Office’s (SAPO’s) court bid to block courier companies from distributing small items could result in disaster for SA’s e-commerce industry.
This after SAPO launched court... |
18.04.2021 | Calling a SA business from a cell phone? You may be paying more than you think | News analysis
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The cost of calling a South African business from a cellphone - particularly those branded ShareCall - is not as clear as you may think.
Widely-used ShareCall numbers will likely require you to pay your full standard r... |
03.03.2021 | What Counts As “Fibre” And Why You Should Care What Your Connection Is Called? | Matthew Campbell is Head of SME and FTTH at SEACOM
In our current context of constant change and disruption, digital transformation enabled by Internet connections has been a lifeline for many companies and entrepreneurs, helping them prese... |