ACT’s Nomvuyiso Batyi says Icasa’s draft Sim rules give the regulator powers it doesn’t have.
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MTN won or shared 10 of 16 Opensignal awards to keep its best-network title, though Vodacom leads on 5G speed.
Democrats’ midterm election sweep have sent shares in US tech giants soaring.
DJ Zinhle’s Bestie Connect is a prepaid mobile network on MTN, aimed squarely at her followers.
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The Raven drone combines fixed-wing efficiency with bird-inspired robotic legs. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
Broadcasting digital migration has another new deadline – and a minister promising to get it done on his watch.
The radio industry in South Africa is showing resilience amid industry headwinds, according to a new report.
South African logistics firm Bakers SA has deployed the first electric trucks to its fleet of more than a thousand vehicles.
Uber Technologies has launched an on-demand bakkie service for the delivery of items weighing up to a ton.
Google Maps now integrates Waze incident reports. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
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Britain’s competition regulator said it will refer Microsoft’s acquisition of the Call of Duty maker for an in-depth investigation.
The announcement signals a major escalation of the US crackdown on China’s technological capabilities as tensions bubble over the fate of Taiwan.
Twitter is internally testing a widely requested edit button, a feature that will be rolled out to paid subscribers in the coming weeks.
SpaceX will launch five more astronaut missions to the International Space Station for Nasa at the end of the decade under a $1.4-billion contract.
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