The only way universal access to broadband services is going to become a reality in SA and elsewhere in the world is through a combination of regulation of pricing and spectrum allocation and sensible investment from both government
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Two top ex-Telkom executives, former group CEO Reuben September and former chief financial officer Peter Nelson, are set to stage a dramatic comeback to the telecommunications industry. TechCentral has learnt from well-placed industry
In a surprise development, JSE-listed telecommunications group MTN has announced it will not form a subsidiary board for its international operations — at least not yet. The group had planned to establish a separate board for its international operations, to be
One of SA’s larger listed IT companies, Gijima, is giving free Apple iPad 2 tablet computers to all its employees and lessening its reliance on laptop computers as the consumerisation of IT in business gathers pace. The idea, apparently, is to position the company
Telkom will not comment at this stage on the publication by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) on Wednesday of a discussion document on how the authority plans to proceed with local-loop unbundling
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has proposed four separate models for unbundling the fixed-line local loop, which would give Telkom’s rivals access to the company’s “last mile” of copper cable infrastructure
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) thinks revenues in the telecommunications industry could grow by more than R1bn through local-loop unbundling. This can be used to retain jobs in the sector and fund
Telkom, SA’s incumbent fixed-line telecommunications operator, must face up to the fact that it has reached an inflection point. It ought to invest tens of billions of rand to take high-speed fibre-optics into millions of homes and businesses before someone else does
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) will present a discussion document on local-loop unbundling (LLU) to the telecommunications industry on Wednesday morning. TechCentral rounded up the views of a few key industry leaders
Microsoft is playing up the successful prosecution and sentencing of a businessman who sold pirated software to consumers in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. The “bust”, as the software maker is describing it, took three years to conclude. “Microsoft sees this as