The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa’s) markets and competition GM, Pieter Grootes, says South Africans should be paying R329/month for a 40Mbit/s fixed-line broadband connection. “This may seem unbelievable, but it exists in the city centre of Johannesburg, in the Maboneng district
Author: Craig Wilson
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that it wants to complete local-loop unbundling (LLU) regulations by 4 March next year at the latest. Unbundling the local loop was originally meant to be completed by November 2011. Subsequent deadlines have also
Microsoft South Africa, in partnership with government’s Jobs Fund, intends training more than 3 000 unemployed graduates over the next three years to allow them to find permanent employment in the country’s technology sector. Microsoft is investing R146m in the programme and the Jobs Fund
A new South African-developed service called Phish5 allows companies to target their own employees to assess their susceptibility to phishing attacks — before someone else does.
Phishing attacks try to get people to reveal login credentials or other sensitive personal data
News that Telkom may write down the value of its legacy network infrastructure is positive, analysts say. Not only will it bring its balance sheet “in line with reality”, but is indicative of a board of directors looking after an embattled company’s best interests, they say. On Tuesday
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) plans to discuss ways of reducing the cost to communicate in South Africa. Its “cost to communicate” programme will review regulations that affect telecoms costs. Regulations up for discussion include mobile termination rates – the fees operators
The findings of the report by public protector Thuli Madonsela into allegations of corruption and nepotism against communications minister Dina Pule has been delayed again following a problem with a witness. The report was first meant to be released in March, but was delayed until the end of May due
Demand for low-cost handsets, regional diversity and differences between developed and underdeveloped areas all mean older, second-generation (2G) mobile technology is set to remain the dominant form of connectivity in Africa for the rest of the decade. This is according to the
The ANC in Gauteng has called on its members to boycott mobile operator MTN after the Democratic Alliance began running an election campaign printed on 2,5m of the operator’s prepaid airtime vouchers. The Sowetan newspaper reported on Tuesday that the DA bought advertising space on MTN vouchers to be sold in spaza shops
At the end of June, DStv operator MultiChoice plans to change the transmission of its high-definition services to a new standard called DVB-S2. This will mean the potential for new services and channels in future, but for some it could mean interrupted service if they don’t call out a technician