MTN SA is losing its highly respected chief technology officer, Sameer Dave, who will depart his post next month when his three-year contract comes to an end. But Dave, credited with building a powerful third-generation mobile network
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In a shock development, controversial communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda has lost his job. President Jacob Zuma announced on Sunday evening that Nyanda would be replaced by former deputy communications minister Roy Padayachie.
The Democratic Alliance has applauded President Jacob Zuma for firing communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda. Shadow communications minister Natasha Michael says
This is President Jacob Zuma’s full statement delivered on Sunday evening, announcing his new cabinet. Zuma fired communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda, replacing him with former deputy communications minister Roy Padayachie.
Vox Telecom is writing down goodwill and intangible assets to the tune of more than R745m. The news comes just hours after the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) announced it would slash call termination rates.
Cell C does not deserve an asymmetrical interconnect rate 10 years after entering the market and the decision to offer the company asymmetry is “unfair”. That’s the view of MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar, who was reacting to the news that the
The Advertising Standards Authority has granted Cell C an extension to remove its controversial “4Gs” logos from advertising hoardings around the country. However, MTN is not pleased with the decision. Cell C’s use of the term “4Gs” to describe its network
The Advertising Standards Authority has overturned a previous decision that Vodacom may no longer use the term “broadband” in advertising for its third-generation mobile network. Earlier this year, the authority told Vodacom to remove all references
Themba Dlamini, deputy director-general of the department of science & technology, has been appointed as the new CEO of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). Icasa chairman Stephen Mncube made the announcement on Friday morning at the authority’s press conference on call termination rates.
Questions have been raised about the SA telecommunications and IT regulator’s complicity in allowing Global Web Intact (GWI) and Screamer to lease spectrum, apparently illegally, from Sentech. This follows the leaking of internal Sentech