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Orange Kenya is set to become the second telecommunications operator in the East African nation to roll out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services. Its plans follow Wananchi Group’s FTTH project

A hearing by the Competition Tribunal into alleged abuse of dominance by Telkom has been postponed to October. The case was supposed to be heard in May. However, the commission wants to amend

Andrew Shaw has been appointed interim CEO of Broadband Infraco, the public enterprises ministry said on Tuesday. This follows the resignation of Dave Smith from the state-owned telecoms infrastructure

If you’re a regular listener to the TalkCentral podcast, you’ll know by now that TechCentral is launching a pub quiz next month, with lots of great prizes to give away. We’re finally ready to share all the details

SA’s mobile operators should be glad they don’t have the UK’s telecommunications regulator Ofcom breathing down their necks. Ofcom has slashed wholesale mobile termination rates by 80% over four years

Despite growing demand for digital media in SA, there is still strong interest in traditional media in rural areas, where the high cost of data ensures that radio and community newspapers remain dominant

JSE-listed Reunert has acquired privately held ECN Telecoms in a deal that could presage further consolidation in the telecommunications sector. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed and is

A year after MWeb released SA’s first consumer uncapped products, the company’s network is carrying 2,5 petabytes of data a month. This is nine times higher than the 282TB it handled monthly before the product was unveiled

The public are advised not to be alarmed at steam issuing from the Koeberg nuclear power station during the next few days, a spokesman said. “Given the events in Japan, we want to assure the public that perfectly clean steam

MWeb CEO Rudi Jansen says the Naspers-owned Internet service provider is expecting Telkom to begin offering uncapped broadband soon over its fixed-line network. But he says he’d welcome