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Starlink’s proposed entry into South Africa is facing mounting political backlash, driven by concerns over owner Elon Musk’s conduct and public statements.
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Two major African public bodies are promoting a new technology that could connect the continent’s Covid-19 testing centres and ease a re-opening of travel across the region.
Eskom has read the riot act to “apathetic” managers at its power stations, calling for an “urgent culture change” in the organisation, as the state-owned monopoly plunges the country into severe load shedding.
Eskom has suspended the managers of three of its biggest generating plants as the company suffers crippling electricity outages, people familiar with the situation said.
Relations between Cell C and its soon-to-be-former client Huge Group have reached rock bottom, with the former claiming it’s owed R60-million by the latter and the latter saying it’s actually the one that’s owed money “morally”.
Icasa will issue two invitations to apply to participate in the spectrum auction and licensing process by no longer than the end of September, the communications regulator said in a statement on Thursday.
Telkom on Thursday rubbished market talk that it plans to do a right issue to fund its participation in the upcoming spectrum auction to be led by communications regulator Icasa.
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Telkom is stuck between a rock and a hard place. If the operator were to try to recover costs fully from its customers of servicing and maintaining fixed lines, it would have to double monthly line rental. But if it did so, it would accelerate the already-steepening decline in the number of fixed lines in service. Yet new regulations and growing competition mean it may be unable to avoid a sharp increase in line-rental charges.
With only a few months to go until Telkom becomes SA’s fourth mobile network operator, the question on many people’s lips is whether the fixed-line incumbent will start a price with Vodacom, MTN and Cell C. Telkom hasn’t yet decided on tariffs for its mobile offering. The company’s MD, Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi, says these must be still be approved by the board
