Amazon.com plans to launch thousands of satellites to provide broadband Internet access around the globe.
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Tanzania charged five employees of Vodacom Group’s local unit, including MD Hisham Hendi, with allegedly depriving the government of more than 11-billion shillings (R68-million) in revenue.
IHS Holding plans to enter new markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia to bulk up ahead of a potential attempt to sell shares in either New York or London.
In a judgment that has significant consequences for the telecommunications industry and homeowners, the supreme court has overturned a lower court’s judgment, in favour of Telkom, ruling that Vodacom is entitled to access its rival’s ducts.
Liquid Telecom has concluded a transaction with CDC Group, which will see CDC become an 8% shareholder in for an investment of $180-million.
The final policy direction from government to communications regulator Icasa on spectrum allocation will be issued by end of April 2019, according to communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.
After conducting high-profile public hearings last October, the Competition Commission is readying a provisional report on the data services market in South Africa.
Government said it’s moving towards finalising the policy directive on radio frequency spectrum allocation, which will finally lead to the licensing of 4G-suitable spectrum.
MTN said on Friday that it will increase the price of some of its post-paid plans from 1 May and 1 June.
Self-driving cars, remote robotic surgery, autonomous weapons – all that and much more is set to be delivered via 5G wireless networks, which promise to add trillions of dollars to the global economy every year.