Cabinet has approved a six-month extension of the deadline for the registration of mobile phone users because too few had complied so far, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
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Stabilising public entities, including the troubled national broadcaster, as well as filling all vacancies within his department is a major priority, newly appointed communications minister Roy Padayachie said on Thursday.
This is the full and unedited transcript of the speech given by newly appointed communications minister Roy Padayachie at his first media briefing as minister in which he sets out his priorities for the department and the ministry.
Newly appointed communications minister Roy Padayachie wants to ensure the “local loop”, the so-called “last mile” of copper cables that connect consumers to Telkom’s network, is unbundled within 12 months.
Newly appointed communications minister Roy Padayachie has used his first press conference to speak out in favour of freedom of the media. “We will always respect the right of media
Government has extended the contract of Telkom chairman Jeff Molobela, but only until the end of December, TechCentral has learnt from a senior source at the JSE-listed telecommunications group.
The launch of mobile operator 8ta and a wage agreement with trade unions will hit Telkom’s earnings in the six months to 30 September 2010, the JSE-listed telecommunications group has warned.
Quraysh Patel has resigned as chairman of the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech. Patel handed his resignation to communications minister Roy Padayachie on Tuesday.
Altech’s former chief operating officer, Andy Baker, has been named as the new CEO of Nashua Mobile, a direct rival to Altech’s Autopage Cellular unit.
Mobile broadband and related industries will generate 1,8% of SA’s GDP (R72bn) and as many as 28 000 jobs by 2015, according to a new survey. But this will only be possible