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The number of pay-television subscribers in Africa will reach 30m by 2021, almost double 2015’s 16m, according to new research. Data published by Dataxis suggests digital satellite pay-TV subscribers will

Communications regulator Icasa has reached an agreement with striking employees, in the process ending a six-week-long strike. The strike, which affected a number of services offered by Icasa – including the

Communications regulator Icasa was wrong to push ahead with a planned spectrum auction in the absence of government policy on the issue and should withdraw an invitation to operators to apply for access until that policy

Hundreds of Telkom staff have launched strike action against the company this week over a pay dispute. The Communication Workers Union, which is behind the strike, says Telkom workers need a cost-of-living

While so-called over-the-top messaging services dominate in South Africa as a mobile communication tool, the uptake of voice over IP is slower, say experts. Global digital specialist adviser

Vodacom has become the first operator to respond to the aggressive new “FreeMe” tariff plans from Telkom. But the country’s biggest operator is not exactly shouting about its new “+ (Plus)” plans from the

The share price of Vodacom’s black economic empowerment scheme YeboYethu was down by nearly 5% on Thursday – with the telecommunication giant’s scheme marking its first day of trade on the JSE

The Communication Workers Union said on Thursday that strike action against MTN was imminent. This after the service provider announced its decision to outsource a portion of its call centre facility to a third-party

YeboYethu, Vodacom South Africa’s black economic empowerment scheme created in 2008, began trading on the empowerment segment in the telecommunications sector of the JSE’s main board on Thursday. YeboYethu