Communications minister Roy Padayachie will issue a policy directive to telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), to conduct a review of the so-called “digital dividend” spectrum
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Communications minister Roy Padayachie says the country is on track to switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts by December 2013, paving the way for spectrum that will be freed up through the migration
“Job security”, with conditions including a facility for voluntary severance and early retirement packages, is included in Telkom’s offer to its employees, the company said on Monday. “Parties were informed that the offer on job security
Luke Taylor, a grade 9 pupil at the German International School in Cape Town, has been named as one of 15 finalists in Google’s Science Fair. Taylor was a semi-finalist among 60 others named by Google last month. He faced competition
For the past seven years, Latin America has enjoyed a boom in demand for satellite connectivity. Now SES, the world’s second largest satellite operator, predicts a similar explosion in demand will happen in Africa in the next few years. Scott Sprague
Software and IT services company UCS is considering delisting from the JSE just weeks after finalising a deal to sell a large chunk of its operations to Business Connexion (BCX). UCS joins companies such as Mustek and TeleMasters
Telecommunications industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will publish a discussion document this week in the Government Gazette outlining its thoughts on unbundling Telkom’s local loop, the copper lines
Telkom may not sell the wireless arm of its troubled Nigerian subsidiary Multi-Links to rival operator Visafone, private equity group Helios reiterated at the weekend. But Telkom has come out firing, saying Helios has misinterpreted a Nigerian high court
City Power Johannesburg has posted load-shedding schedules on its website, but said this did not mean it would happen, the Citizen reported on Thursday. “On an annual basis we update our load-shedding schedules
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) wants the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and other role-players to recognise the “unique opportunity” afforded by the availability of digital dividend