Icasa has slammed a report in the consumer media this week that stated it made a mistake when it assigned the “111” service code to government for dealing with Covid-19-related calls from citizens.
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Google will build a new subsea cable linking the US, the UK and Spain, further entrenching the technology giant’s role in global Internet infrastructure.
Internet shutdowns have impeded the right to development and posed threats to democratic development in Africa.
A man who ripped off equipment from mobile phone base stations in the Western Cape has been sentenced to 500 years in prison, though he will spend no more than 13 years behind bars in practice.
MTN Group expects to report an increase in earnings per share of at least R3.45, or 140%, in the six months to the end of June 2020.
Zimbabwe’s president has picked a fight with the country’s most successful businessman. The economy may be the loser.
MTN Nigeria expects its profit margin to dip by almost half a percentage point this year as its leased tower services feel the impact of weaker currency exchange rates, it said on Thursday.
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.
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.