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The months of disarray at the South African Post Office (Sapo) has prompted a group of specialist magazine publishers to complain to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) over what they see as a breach of the Post Office’s licence conditions. In addition, in a bid to protect their business plan
The department of basic education wants teachers applying for senior posts to write competency tests before being granted promotions, The Star reported on Tuesday. The department confirmed this in a parliamentary reply on Monday
JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion (BCX), currently the subject of a takeover by Telkom, has reported normalised headline earnings per share of 39,8c for the year ended 31 August 2014, down from 45,1c in the 2013 financial year. Normalised gross margins fell only slightly, from
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
