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Communications minister Dina Pule is “confident” that the board of Telkom will “help the state achieve its developmental goals” while ensuring that the telecommunications group remains “commercially sustainable”. Pule made the remarks in a written statement following her first meeting with Telkom’s board
The initial notice of the intention to toll roads in Gauteng by roads agency Sanral was “sterile” and “misleading”, the high court in Pretoria heard on Monday. Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) lawyer Mike Maritz argued that the public was not aware of what Sanral’s Gauteng Freeway
Vodacom has launched commercial fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) services in parts of Durban and intends to extend the network to Cape Town before the end of the year. The operator has already switched on 4G/LTE, which offers signficiantly improved connection speeds, in parts of
Submarine telecommunications cable developer eFive Telecoms says its US$280m SAEx system, for which construction should start in 2014, will provide international capacity to a range of coastal South African towns and cities at speeds of up to 24Tbit/s
The Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa (Usaasa), the “worst-performing entity” that reports to the department of communications, plans to spend R1 408/employee on a Christmas function this year, Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn
Telkom’s residential and business customers can now log service faults and track their progress to resolution using a new application designed for Apple’s iPad and for Android devices. The app, which is available in Apple’s App Store and in Google’s Play store, allows users to find the exact location
MTN South Africa has undergone a big restructuring. It’s folded its MTN Business subsidiary into its bigger mobile unit so that it is a now division rather than a separate legal entity. The move is meant to ensure that MTN’s corporate customers have one
Japanese electronics giant Sony has launched its new flagship television set in South Africa. And it’s a steal at just R279 000! The main selling point of the new 84-inch TV is its resolution – at 3 840×2 160 pixels, it’s four times the resolution of the 1080p
Open-access fibre-optic telecommunications infrastructure provider Link Africa, formerly known as i3 Africa, has revealed that it expects to begin rolling out high-speed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections starting in 2013. The company, which has bought
Although the African telecommunications industry has enjoyed significant growth in the past decade, with operators that capitalised on it generally mostly healthy returns on their investments, there is still the opportunity for far more growth, particularly for those who know where
