MTN has signed a deal with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) to manage the disposal of old cellular handsets and create development in the electronic waste (e-waste) industry in SA
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The Europe India Gateway (EIG) undersea cable system is live and ready for commercial use. The cable will provide additional capacity to North Africa and provide an alternative route for telecommunications traffic for SA operators
National treasury has allocated R2,2bn over five years for the department of home affairs’ “Who Am I Online?” project, which has been stalled by a legal dispute with Gijima, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said
National treasury has allocated a significant budget to the department of communications over the next three years to assist in the country’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television
Government is reintroducing a 7% ad valorem tax on imported computer monitors, scrapped in 2004, because many people, it says, are using them as television sets. TV sets and monitors
Government has allocated R450m over the next three years to expand broadband penetration in SA. The money will be used to develop a broadband strategy, a broadband
The parliamentary portfolio committee on communications has selected two candidates for the vacant position of councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa)
Africa and the Middle East are set to contribute 20% of total global mobile data traffic by 2015, according to a new global mobile data forecast from networking company Cisco
Former Independent Communications of Authority of SA (Icasa) chairman Paris Mashile has been appointed as a nonexecutive director of state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech
US e-retailer Amazon.com has released the first major software update for its popular Kindle e-reader since it unveiled the Kindle 3 last year. The new software introduces