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Parliament has reappointed Marcia Socikwa as a councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) for a second term. Socikwa was one of two shortlisted candidates for the position, the other

Seacom, operator of the fibre-optic submarine cable of the same name along Africa’s east coast, is building nine land-based Internet access points to store popular Web content closer to where the Internet

Vodacom has hinted that it will cut data prices in the next few weeks as competition in SA’s mobile industry hots up. The telecommunications group’s CEO, Pieter Uys, hinted at looming reductions in mobile

The Advertising Standards Authority, which on Thursday found almost entirely in favour of Vodacom over complaints against its rival Cell C’s controversial new advertising campaign, will now consider

Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys has slammed Cell C over its advertising campaign that targets the cellphone giant’s rebranding to the red identity of its parent Vodafone. The normally sedate Uys says Vodacom is not averse

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) says it wants to work collaboratively with the new National Consumer Commission. The authority’s remarks come after reports suggested it

The next Apple or Google may be found among African telecommunications providers — if they take advantage of mobile applications and services where their Western counterparts haven’t

HTC, the Taiwanese handset manufacturer that recently overtook Nokia in terms of market value, is bringing a host of new Android smartphones to SA as it seeks to capitalise on its rapid international growth

State-owned broadcast signal distributor Sentech has suspended six senior employees in an apparent effort by the new management team to demonstrate it will not tolerate deviation from proper procedure

Profit margins at IT group Business Connexion have crashed in the six months to 28 February, making it look highly unlikely it will meet an earlier target management set of achieving an 8% operating margin in