Telkom’s wholesale division, Openserve, has become the latest fixed broadband infrastructure provider to increase line speeds for some customers as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Keith Pitout, chief technology officer of Indigo Broadband, joins TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod for a discussion on television whites-spaces networks in South Africa.
Huawei is emerging as the runaway winner in China’s $170-billion effort to build out its 5G wireless networks, part of a concerted effort by Beijing to seize the lead in a key technology from the US.
Icasa has refused to budge on its decision to “expropriate” a portion of Telkom’s spectrum assets, describing the allegations made by the telecommunications operator as “spurious”.
Huawei Technologies’ rapid growth slowed to a crawl in the first quarter after Covid-19 depressed demand for smartphones and networking gear around the globe.
Telkom has accused communications regulator Icasa of expropriating its radio frequency assets in its allocation of emergency temporary spectrum to operators last week.
Telkom group executive for regulation Siyabonga Mahlangu joins TechCentral for a discussion on Icasa’s emergency temporary spectrum relief and what it means for operators, including Telkom.
TechCentral asked South Africa’s largest mobile operator whether it can take immediate advantage of Icasa’s emergency temporary spectrum assignments and how it plans to use the allocations.
One of the more surprising aspects of communications regulator Icasa’s emergency allocation of temporary spectrum to operators this week is that they’ve been given access to the digital dividend bands.
Communications regulator Icasa has assigned emergency temporary spectrum to telecommunications operators to deal with network demand during the Covid-19 crisis.