Icasa will make additional radio frequency spectrum available to operators to ensure networks can cope with increased demand during the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Social media was abuzz on Wednesday after a media report suggested cellphone companies had agreed to hand over users’ location data to the government for tracking purposes in an effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
Telkom and the Competition Commission have reached an agreement over concerns the regulatory watchdog had over its wholesale IP Connect product.
South Africa’s biggest online shopping site, Takealot.com, hopes to keep operating through the three-week Covid-19 lockdown, which starts on Friday.
Ster-Kinekor, South Africa’s largest cinema chain, is closed with immediate effect. The company said it’s theatres will remain closed from Wednesday until further notice.
South Africa’s Covid-19 cases have increased to 709 confirmed positive cases as of Wednesday. Speaking to SABC, health minister Zweli Mkhize announced the latest figures, which increased by 155 cases overnight.
South African Airways will suspend all its domestic flights with effect from Friday, 27 March. The suspension of all domestic flights follows the suspension of both international and regional flights.
Vox-owned fibre-to-the-home operator Frogfoot has joined rival Vumatel in promising to double line speeds for consumers stuck at home due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
South African businesses prepared to shut down operations and supermarkets were inundated by shoppers as the country braced for a three-week lockdown.
The Internet Service Providers’ Association has called on its members to raise bandwidth caps and take other measures to support their customers during the looming Covid-19 lockdown.