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A meeting of Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) 15, the communications technology component of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission, took place on Thursday, with communications minister Yunus Carrim urging government to “move with speed” to ensure broadband goals are achieved. In a media statement, the
South Africa’s web.za second-level domain is being relaunched and will soon be available to the public following “sunrise” and “land-rush” phases where the rights of intellectual property holders will be prioritised and premium names delegated. This is according to the ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna), which has now provided details regarding
If there were any doubts that MTN South Africa is under severe pressure, the latest quarterly numbers from the mobile group will put them to rest. The South African business shed 825 000 customers between the end of December and the end of March, while average revenue per user slumped by 11,4% over the same three-month
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is set to hear a complaint by the South African Police Service (SAPS) against the Democratic Alliance’s election advertisement on Thursday morning. “The SAPS said in their complaint that the television advert would incite violence against the police,” said Icasa spokesman
MTN has lifted the lid on plans to build fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in South Africa, potentially sparking a race among operators to connect upmarket suburbs with next-generation broadband. In a statement on Wednesday evening, the operator said it has demonstrated an FTTH offering to residents of Monaghan Farm
South African-headquartered technology services group Dimension Data, which is owned by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, has acquired US-based IT solutions provider Nexus. Although the value of the deal has not been disclosed, it’s understood it’s one of Dimension Data’s biggest acquisitions in years. Nexus has
Disciplinary processes were under way following an offensive tweet sent from a First National Bank Twitter account, the bank said on Wednesday. “We can confirm that disciplinary actions are currently under way as we are following the required industrial relations processes,” FNB’s acting head of digital marketing and media, Suzanne
South Africa’s mobile telecommunications operators must cooperate with Icasa in providing the information the communications regulator needs to draw up new regulations governing call termination rates. That’s the word from communications minister
Communications regulator Icasa has won a high court battle against iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions, with the court finding that the telecommunications operator was using radio frequency spectrum without paying the required licence fees. The judgment
PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong Telecom, will build the network and provide the technology infrastructure that will support a planned R84bn urban development at Modderfontein, north-east of Johannesburg, the company said on Tuesday. The project, the brainchild of Chinese national
