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‘We have failed you’, says Icasa chair

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In an extraordinary admission to the telecommunications and broadcasting industries, outgoing Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) chairman Paris Mashile said on Thursday evening that the regulator had “failed” the industry, adding that he would take personal responsibility for its poor performance

DStv ups pay-TV ante with new HD decoder

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DStv operator MultiChoice is upping the ante with its new rival On Digital Media (ODM) and its TopTV service. On Thursday, the incumbent satellite pay-TV operator introduced a cut-price high-definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) decoder that it hopes will drive HD technology to a broader audience

Row erupts over Blue IQ millions

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Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s spokesman would not be drawn on Wednesday on a Democratic Alliance complaint that board members of…

Real-time traffic data is here

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There’s finally some good news for people tired of sitting in endless traffic jams. Altech has concluded a deal with the SABC that will allow Garmin and other manufacturers of GPS-based personal navigation devices (PNDs) to begin providing real-time traffic data to SA subscribers for the first time.

Vodacom makes its play for 4G spectrum

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Vodacom is ditching its 24,9% stake in iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) Holdings to increase its chances of being awarded radio frequency spectrum that will allow it to build a fourth-generation (4G) cellphone network. The mobile operator confirmed last week that it would sell WBS so as to be eligible