Author: Duncan McLeod

In an unexpected early move, communications regulator Icasa has issued an invitation for interested telecommunications operators to apply for access to so-called high-demand spectrum bands. Icasa had

The Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association, a body that regulates companies that provide value-added services to mobile and other consumers, has suspended one of its members, Infobip Africa, for allegedly adding people without their

Telkom can now procure goods and services without having to go through the very public tendering process mandated by the Public Finance Management Act, a development that will help it keep its strategic plans out of the public

Standard Bank has no plans, at least for the foreseeable future, to launch a mobile virtual network operator. The banking group’s chief executive for personal and business banking

Vodacom, through parent Vodafone, has launched two new premium own-branded smartphones in an effort to push up the number of high-end 4G/LTE users on its network. The telecommunications operator’s own-branded devices have proved highly

Communications regulator Icasa is to face industrial action from Monday as workers walk of the job. The strike will continue indefinitely, with employees vowing not to return to work until their demands are met, according to a source at the authority.

The new, national broadband network to be built by telecommunications specialists Comsol will extend to more than 200 towns and cities across South Africa and will use the latest high-frequency wireless technologies to

A Western Cape-based company that specialises in machine learning and artificial intelligence to help companies’ call centre operations and other parts of their business be more efficient, is now eyeing global expansion

Technology-powered home cleaning services start-up SweepSouth, fresh from raising R10m in new funding, is gearing up to expand to its fourth South African city and is also contemplating its first foray outside South Africa, its co-founder, Aisha

MultiChoice South Africa Holdings chairman Nolo Letele has said it would “absolutely make sense” to list the pay-television broadcaster on the JSE, but the requirement of its broadcasting licence that 30% of its equity be in black