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Tshwane’s public Wi-Fi build programme is the largest of its kind in South Africa, new research has confirmed. According to data by research firm BMI-TechKnowledge, the City of Tshwane’s free Wi-Fi build programme ranks as the largest in the country. “Tshwane is the biggest in terms
Within the next three years, Telkom will have deployed fibre-optic broadband infrastructure past a million homes, CEO Sipho Maseko said…
More details have emerged about why the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew car fraud charges against Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko on Friday. On Friday, Bloomberg reported that the
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has played down fears that South Africa is cosying up to China on cybersecurity and Internet governance. The Asian country’s government
One person who is notably absent among the investors in Alan Knott-Craig’s new venture, HeroTel, is former FirstRand CEO Paul Harris, who had helped bankroll Knott-Craig’s acquisition
Sipho Maseko is off the hook over charges that he drove a car with falsified number plates. Bloomberg reported on Friday that the state has dropped charges against the Telkom CEO after he appeared in a magistrate’s court in Johannesburg. It’s not clear why
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has welcomed a decision to drop car fraud charges against him. He faced fraud charges for allegedly driving a car with false number plates. Another driver, who bought a car previously owned by Maseko, allegedly received
Eskom acting CEO Brian Molefe said on Friday it is a sign of Eskom’s state of stability that there has been no load shedding for 26 days, despite 900MW of Koeberg unit 2 going down for maintenance. Unveiling the power utility’s maintenance plan for the next
Telkom has made available a list of the new suburbs that will get “uncapped” 4G/LTE broadband when the product offering is expanded from next week. The telecommunications operator said on Friday that it is expanding its “uncapped” wireless offering to 200 additional sites
MTN is starting its first fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments in the Western Cape, it said on Friday. It has begun trenching in Fresnaye and Bakoven, where it intends connecting a thousand homes by year-end. It’s the first time that MTN has expanded its FTTH network
