Icasa has amended regulations in a move that will materially change how mobile data, voice and SMS bundles work.
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National treasury has issued a request for proposals for a government tender to supply mobile services to government workers – and its main requirement is that they get completely uncapped mobile Internet access.
Bitcoin is approaching levels not seen since just after the burst of the cryptocurrency market bubble almost three years ago.
Liquid Telecom has raised $307-million through a rights issue to fund a rapid expansion of its data centre business across Africa.
Communications regulator Icasa is putting the cart before the horse in forging ahead with plans to licence access to new spectrum bands before it has concluded an inquiry into the mobile broadband services market.
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