In the world of telecommunications, you get awful regulators and you get bloody awful regulators. Fortunately, SA has only had awful regulators. The US, Europe and other unfortunates have had bloody awful regulators. In the US, they destroyed one of the greatest companies in the world and issued hundreds of wireless licences with too little spectrum. In Europe, they managed almost to bankrupt credible telecoms operators with horrendously
The number of liquidations in the first nine months of 2009 increased 25,9% compared with the first nine months of…
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday downgraded Telkom following the sale and unbundling of its 50% stake in cellular network operator…
One of the things I love about the IT industry is the constant hype. There is always some new idea or silver bullet that will fix everything. The hype can provide endless hours of amusement and it can be great fun to watch the clash of the old with the new, the believers versus the Luddites. And of course it provides great mental exercise — deconstructing the hype, trying to understand it, trying to debunk it and trying to see where the hype is real.
Wi-Fi hotspot specialist Skyrove has secured a multimillion-rand investment from 4Di Capital. The deal follows an investment by Cybersmart, an…
This week Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Toby Shapshak are joined by developer and winner of Microsoft’s Most Valuable award for Xbox 360 in 2008 and 2009, Craig Nicholson, and we discuss Windows 7, new products from Apple, the interconnection debate, and much more
Moon, the new film from director Duncan Jones, harks back to a time when science-fiction films were about moods and…
Brütal Legend (note the heavy metal umlaut) brings together visionary game designer and writer, Tim Schafer, with actor Jack Black…
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) says its attempt to persuade mobile operators to reduce interconnection rates of their…
A meeting between the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and telecommunications operators over mobile interconnection fees has broken down.…
