Author: Duncan McLeod

The number of fixed lines in service has plunged below a million for the first time as Telkom continues to decommission its legacy copper network.

MultiChoice Group will be ready to showcase the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 4K ultra-high-definition resolution, its CEO, Calvo Mawela, said.

Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced government intends prohibiting the importation and distribution of 2G devices by March 2023.

Just a day after the resignation of the chairman of communications regulator Icasa, another top regulator has resigned – this time at the Competition Commission.

MultiChoice Group does not plan an aggressive launch of its digital terrestrial television offering in South Africa due to its limited access to spectrum.

The number of premium DStv subscribers on MultiChoice Group’s books in South Africa fell by 4% in the year to end-March 2022.

This is after the company’s acquirer, UK-based ROX Equity Partners, agreed to waive the delisting requirement in its offer to shareholders.

Mr Price Cellular, the mobile virtual network operator launched in 2017, has shown stunning growth in the past year, topping R1-billion in revenue.

The chairman of communications regulator Icasa has resigned, just months after overseeing the successful auctioning of broadband spectrum.

The CSIR has painted a bleak picture of the state of Eskom and energy supply in South Africa in its annual statistics on power generation for 2021.