Cellular network operator MTN kicked off public hearings on local-loop unbundling in Sandton on Tuesday, arguing strongly against proposals that the regulatory intervention be extended to the wireless local loop. The Independent Communications Authority
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Local-loop unbundling will only benefit rich people in urban areas, Cosatu affiliate the Communication Workers Union warned at public hearings on the process on Tuesday. “Who will benefit? The rich, most probably white, urban population that resides in the suburbs,” union representative Vulture Ntukuli told the council of the Independent Communications Authority
BlackBerry users have been hit by a major outage reportedly affecting the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) across parts of Africa, the Middle East, Europe, including the UK. The extent of the problem isn’t yet clear, but countless SA BlackBerry users began reporting problems
The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices
iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) says it plans to build a next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) wireless broadband network by mid-2012. LTE is the successor technology to the mobile broadband networks deployed by the country’s mobile networks
Personal navigation device manufacturer TomTom has released a Top Gear edition of its Go Live personal satellite navigation device. The device features the voice of Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson. The 4,3-inch touch screen device also supports TomTom’s traffic information
SA’s justice system is going high-tech with a platform that will prevent meddling with case files, high court judge Eberhard Bertelsmann said on Thursday. “With this system, judges will be given an electronic case file the moment a case is opened. The
“QR code” transactional systems and touch-based holographic interfaces. Inter-Africa Telecoms has a team of only half a dozen people, but the SA start-up clearly has big — and rather geeky — plans. Until now, the company’s core focus has been providing prepaid solutions
Neotel has won a contract to run the primary network operating centre, or NOC, for the West Africa Cable System (Wacs), the new, high-capacity submarine system running between Cape Town and London. Wacs is due to be ready for commercial service early next
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms is buying back the 12% stake Microsoft bought in it in 2007. At the same time, Microsoft SA MD Mteto Nyati is stepping down from Blue Label’s board of directors. Microsoft is selling the shares at a loss. It bought them for