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.
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The number of automated robocalls is on the rise in South Africa, but legislation is struggling to keep pace.
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Overnight charging of your phone’s lithium-ion battery can wreak havoc on its health and performance.
Public Servants Association-affiliated workers continue their strike action at Sita after negotiations deadlocked.
A drumbeat of bad news for Apple is casting doubt on the argument that it’s immune to economic risks.
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A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering e-mail inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday.
India led the world last year in Internet shutdowns that affected hundreds of millions of people, as governments cracked down on political rivals and tried to suppress protests.
The Biden administration is moving to put semiconductors, artificial intelligence and next-generation networks at the heart of US strategy towards Asia.
A month before South Africa is due to sell spectrum for 4G and 5G mobile networks, India raised R160-billion in an auction of airwaves.
In a sign that South Africa is finally getting ready to license spectrum for next-generation wireless broadband services, communications regulator Icasa has published an “information memorandum” to provide prospective applicants with details of the process and criteria
South Africa, the leading carbon emitter in Africa, has geothermal resources that can be used to generate electricity and reduce its carbon emissions. But a recent study suggests that the potential cost is prohibitive, unless strong incentives are provided. South Africa is heavily dependent

































