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Online radio and video entertainment are big new areas of focus for French telecommunications giant Orange in South Africa. The company already runs a popular online store and a network of Wi-Fi hotspots in the country, mainly in the

Prospective pay-television broadcaster Siyaya TV has received the green light from communications regulator Icasa to commence broadcasting. Siyaya, which intends offering a low-cost bouquet using digital terrestrial television transmission, in August secured a R1bn broadcast deal for the rights

Telkom and DStv parent MultiChoice have reached an agreement in terms of which subscribers to the telecommunications operator’s Telkom Internet ISP will get a “free”, Internet-connected high-end Explora personal video recorder (PVR) decoder. Under the promotion, which will run for six months from 23 November

The number of Telkom fixed lines in service has fallen by almost 5% in the past 12 months, dropping to just 3,5m, from 3,7m a year ago, the telecommunications operator said on Monday. At the same time, however, Telkom has recorded a 7,4% increase in the number of broadband digital subscriber

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has not been appointed acting group CEO as reported by some newspapers on Sunday, the broadcaster’s spokesman said. “No, he is not acting CEO. The acting CEO is a man by the name of Anton Heunis, and now he is sick. But he is still acting CEO

The department of telecommunications and postal services has published a comprehensive discussion and options paper setting out the policy options for developing South Africa’s information and communications technology industry. “The gazetting of the national integrated ICT policy options

Telkom has abandoned plans, at least in the short term, to deploy fibre to the home in Parkview and Parkhurst after the residents’ associations of the two suburbs chose rival telecommunications providers Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa to build home fibre

In a significant development, MTN has lodged objections at both communications regulator Icasa and the Competition Commission against Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, putting a potentially big hurdle in the way of the conclusion of the deal. TechCentral has established that

In a first for Africa, Namibians will cast their ballots electronically in this month’s presidential and legislative polls, the election commission said Friday. Over a million voters, or just about half of the nation’s 2,3m people, are due to vote

Communications regulator Icasa said on Friday that it has published a final International Mobile Telephony (IMT) roadmap that “seeks to ensure universal availability of broadband services as well as a vibrant and competitive telecommunications industry and promote investments”. “This follows an extensive public