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Annual spending on IT in South Africa will increase by 6,3% in 2014, to reach US$14,6bn (about R146bn), according to research and advisory firm International Data Corp (IDC). Over the next five years, the biggest IT spenders will be consumers, financial services, government and the communications

Mobile termination rates, the fees South Africa’s operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks, have to come down, but the scale of the drop and the level of “asymmetry” favouring smaller operators proposed by telecommunications regulator Icasa are too substantial

Cell C has filed a complaint at the Competition Commission, accusing larger rivals MTN and Vodacom of anticompetitive behaviour. “The crux of the complaint relates to the manner in which the dominant incumbents discriminate between their on-net and off-net effective prices, which has a dramatic

South Africa has to choose between having many telecommunications operators or encouraging investment from existing players to drive down prices and increase adoption. That’s according to MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia, who supports the latter approach. Bulbulia made the comments at a consumer

With demand for mobile data expected to grow as much as a thousand times in the next 10 years, Telkom says it is turning to Wi-Fi and the fourth-generation (4G) LTE Advanced mobile broadband to meet demand while remaining affordable for consumers. Telkom Mobile

The Competition Commission has acknowledged receipt of a complaint laid by mobile operator Cell C against MTN and Vodacom in which it alleges that its two bigger rivals are engaging in anticompetitive behaviour. Cell C lodged the complaint with the

The supreme court of appeal dismissed an appeal by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on Wednesday in its e-toll challenge against roads agency Sanral. Judge Fritz Brand said the appeal was refused and no order for costs was made. However

Telkom has warned that criminals are targeting “unsuspected” customers with the aim of either defrauding them of cash or acquiring their personal details or Internet usernames and passwords under false pretexts. “The latest modus operandi that fraudsters are

Telkom on Tuesday told shareholders that it expects its headline and basic earnings per share to be at least 20% higher in the six-month period ended 30 September 2013 compared to the same period a year ago. However, the telecommunications operator noted that the

Government is still reviewing its policy on access control for digital terrestrial television, the department of communications has told the Democratic Alliance in response questions the party submitted in parliament. This is despite an agreement between MultiChoice and the SABC that prohibits the public broadcaster from