The members of the SKA Organisation today agreed on a dual site solution for the Square Kilometre Array telescope, a crucial step towards building the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. The ASKAP and MeerKAT precursor dishes will be incorporated into Phase I of the SKA which
Australia and SA will share the location for the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array’s scientific consortium announced on Friday. “We have decided on a dual site approach,” said SKA board chairman John Womersley at a press conference held at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, following a
Cell C’s parent company and effective controlling shareholder, Dubai-based Oger Telecom, is injecting US$180m, or about R1,5bn, as new equity into company, the SA mobile telecommunications operator said on Thursday. In a brief statement, Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig says: “The foreign investment into
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has welcomed a recent ruling by the National Consumer Tribunal that cancelled a compliance notice served on MultiChoice by the National Consumer Commission. “The ruling by the tribunal demonstrates that proper compliance with the
MTN is cutting the cost of international roaming for both voice and data for its contract customers. The most notable cuts come for those travelling to certain European countries, where they will now pay R10,66/minute for international calls or calls to SA and 35c/25KB of data. The eligible European countries
We try to avoid football discussions at all costs this week and stick to matters of technology. Arthur Goldstuck, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle are in the house to discuss Diablo 3, SpaceX, cellphone price wars, HTC in Africa, mobile in developing markets and much more
Fixed-line telecommunications operator Telkom was on Wednesday granted leave to appeal by the high court in Pretoria in a case brought against it by ZTE Mzanzi. A court interdict preventing it from continuing with work on a multibillion-rand project to modernise its access network into homes and businesses
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has made an unusual appeal to the constitutional court in a bid to set aside the high court order halting e-tolling, according to reports on Wednesday. In an affidavit, he warns that SA would face a dark economic future if the order was not set aside urgently. According to
Eskom called for cost-related tariff increases on Tuesday, citing Sanral’s woes as proof that the consumer-pay principle needs to apply to safeguard the credit ratings of parastatals. Finance director Paul O’Flaherty told MPs the utility needed tariffs to reach a cost-reflective level of 90c per kilowatt-hour in real terms
Vodacom was forced to abandon the branding of its new “Freedom 99” prepaid tariffs on Friday night after the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) sent it a letter of objection in which it warned that it would seek a court interdict if the operator pressed ahead with its plans. It was also forced to replace
