In what could be great news for South African telecommunications operators, Internet service providers and ultimately consumers, government finally appears to be making real progress in opening up new spectrum bands for broadband services

Democratic Alliance MP Gavin Davis has lambasted parliament’s portfolio committee on communications for endorsing minister Faith Muthambi’s management of her department and of the

In a heated energy budget session, the Democratic Alliance gave energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson a roasting and continuously disrupted her during her budget speech in the national

Spectrum is a finite, national resource which has enormous value, as has been highlighted in recent spectrum auctions around the world. Across Africa, regulators have an opportunity to realise the benefits of the 800MHz digital dividend and, following the

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Telkom has expanded its next-generation LTE-Advanced network to an additional 22 suburbs across South Africa, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Areas that now have coverage are Carlswald, Highveld, Halfway Gardens, Houghton

Growth in operating profit from continuing operations, coupled with additional proceeds from the sale of Nashua Mobile subscribers and interest earned on the full proceeds, have underpinned Reunert’s results in the six months ended March 2015

A second attempt by Vodacom to launch the M-Pesa mobile payments platform in South Africa has flopped. On Monday, the mobile operator conceded that since it relaunched M-Pesa in the

Vodacom raised prices on 1 May in order to be in a position to reduce them in future, its CEO, Shameel Joosub, said on Monday. Speaking to journalists, analysts and investors at the

Telecommunications operator Telkom joined First National Bank in having a blue Monday as technical glitches took both institutions offline. First to go down was FNB, with problems apparently associated with its network causing