This month, an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired in the general direction of Hawaii. During its descent a few minutes later, still outside the Earth’s atmosphere, it was struck by another missile that destroyed it.

The UK will ban the installation of 5G equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies by the end of next September.

The Trump administration is poised to add China’s top chip maker, SMIC, to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

S&P Global is in advanced talks to buy IHS Markit for about US$44-billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Promoted | Global research report examines the implications of security and IT decisions made during the pandemic.

Promoted | Minuteman Press, a digital print and copy store based in Rosslyn, Pretoria, has completed the installation of a new Xerox Versant 180 to supplement its production capacity.

Icasa’s recent decision to extend the allocation of emergency spectrum under the Covid-19 disaster regulations to operators to the end of March 2021 now has an added proviso: The companies will have to cough up for it.

The SABC said on Friday that it will issue notices of termination of lease agreements for its non-core properties and will sell these at an upcoming public auction.

Ethiopia opened the doors on Friday for telecommunications operators wishing to secure two new licences to submit their technical and financial bids.

Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project.