Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has promised – like so many of her predecessors – to fast-track South Africa’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television. Will this time be different?
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Telkom is committed to switch off its legacy 2G network in South Africa within the next 12 to 18 months and will likely become the first mobile operator in the country to do so.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday rallied to the defence of China’s Huawei, saying the company’s technology will be crucial in the roll-out of 5G mobile telecommunications infrastructure in South Africa.
Ethiopia plans to sell a minority stake in the state-owned phone monopoly and award telecommunications licences to two new operators in the first quarter of next year, the finance ministry said.
Protea Glen in Soweto will get fibre to the home after Vox subsidiary Frogfoot Networks announced a roll-out in the area, with up to 20 000 homes and businesses to be connected in a phased approach.
CloudFlare, an Internet service meant to protect websites from going down, faced its own network issues on Tuesday, leading to several prominent sites being unavailable for some time.
Safaricom, Kenya’s most valuable company, has appointed Michael Joseph as interim CEO following the death of Bob Collymore.
Telkom customers are no longer able to force their phones to roam away from their home network after the telecommunications operator switched roaming partners from MTN to Vodacom at the end of June.
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, whose push into mobile payments spurred a five-fold increase in the Kenyan company’s value, died after a battle with cancer. He was 61.
Analysts have long criticised Telkom since its entry into the mobile market in October 2010, which hasn’t come cheap. But it’s become the company’s saving grace.