Vodacom pumped an additional R500-million into its network in the first quarter of its 2021 financial year to help cater for surging demand for voice and data services during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Telkom is stepping up plans to remove copper from its network and will no longer offer copper-based digital subscriber line services in areas where it has deployed fibre.
Fibre industry lobby group FTTx Council Africa announced on Wednesday that it is rebranding as the Digital Council Africa to reach a broader audience.
The high court in Pretoria has overturned a controversial 2019 decision by former trade & industry minister Rob Davies that gave Telkom privileged black economic empowerment status by the government.
China is said to be considering retaliating against Nokia and Ericsson if the European Union follows the US and Britain in banning Huawei Technologies from 5G networks, according to a report.
Rain, the first telecommunications operator in South Africa to launch a commercial 5G network, said on Friday that it is expanding the network to cover the country’s second largest city.
China warned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday that his decision to ban Huawei from the 5G network would cost Britain dearly in investment.
US President Donald Trump said that he was responsible for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to ban Huawei from Britain’s 5G network from the end of 2027.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will ban Huawei from Britain’s 5G network by ordering operators to remove its equipment by 2027.
The UK is poised to ban Huawei Technologies from its next-generation mobile networks under a two-step plan to protect critical systems from security threats, a person familiar with the matter said.