It’s here three days later than usual (thanks to a crazy newsday last Friday), but the latest episode of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is now ready for download. In this week’s packed show, hosted by Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones, we talk about — yup, you guessed it — Telkom‘s launch of 8ta, SA’s fourth mobile operator.
We chat about 8ta’s glitzy launch event, its rates, its decision to charge per-minute and not per-second and its data charges.
Then we talk about the apology by Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt for “confusion” that may have been created around the company’s controversial “4G” and, later, “4Gs” branding. And we look at Screamer Telecoms’ controversial use of state-owned Sentech’s frequency spectrum allocation.
Later in the show we delve into the qualified audit issued to the department of communications — the first in five years. And we look at the ongoing battles between communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda and his axed director-general, Mamodupi Mohlala. When will it ever end?
[slaudio: https://techcentral.co.za/wp-content/audio/TalkCentral/tc12.mp3, TalkCentral Ep. 12]
Click play above to stream the podcast (you’ll need Microsoft Silverlight installed), or download episode 12 to your computer. (If the stream is too quiet, try the download instead.) The TalkCentral RSS feed is available via Feedburner. Use it to subscribe to the show in your favourite reader. — Staff reporter, TechCentral
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