Britain will let Huawei Technologies play a limited role in building the country’s next-generation mobile phone networks, denying a long-running attempt by the US to have the Chinese tech giant barred.
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The Wacs cable, one of two cable systems damaged earlier this month due to a suspected undersea earthquake, will probably only be fixed on 8 February.
MTN has kick-started a three-month phased cut-over to a new customer service platform, which is promises will offer a better experience to clients.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will put his friendship with US President Donald Trump to the test this week as he announces whether to allow Huawei a role in the country’s 5G wireless broadband networks.
A US proposal to further restrict sales to Huawei has encountered objections within the Trump administration and is being held up as officials debate whether the step could harm exporters.
US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said new rules are coming soon that will put more limits on US companies supplying China’s telecommunications leader Huawei Technologies.
A cable repair ship set sail from Cape Town on Wednesday night and is expected to reach offshore Angola in the coming days when it will begin the first stage of work to repair undersea cables slowing Internet connections in South Africa.
With a fixed-line business under pressure, an IT services company feeling the pinch and a mobile business facing strong competition, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has a difficult road ahead of him. By Duncan McLeod.
Telkom has blamed the dominance of Vodacom and MTN as well as “fundamental changes” sweeping South Africa’s telecoms industry for its decision to let go of as many as 3 000 employees.
Extreme weather has delayed the departure of a ship from Cape Town, whose crew has been tasked with fixing two subsea cable breaks that are negatively affecting international connectivity in South Africa.