Low-cost uncapped fibre is reshaping South Africa’s broadband market, promising to narrow the digital divide.
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The number of fixed lines in service has plunged below a million for the first time as Telkom continues to decommission its legacy copper network.
The data centre business in Wiocc Group plans to establish 100 “edge” data centres in smaller centres across South Africa by year-end.
South Africa’s record electricity cuts last year could rise 10-fold by 2026 unless the country rapidly adds generation capacity, Meridian Economics said.
African Rainbow Energy and Power is looking to boost renewable power generation to become one of the biggest clean energy providers in South Africa and Africa.
The rand fell on Monday, ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England’s interest rate decisions.
The Office of the Chief Justice is investigating a R225-million tender that was allegedly riddled with irregularities.
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China over the past decade built an alternate online reality where Google and Facebook barely exist. Now its own largest tech corporations are getting a taste of what a shutout feels like.
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The Western Cape government has updated the timelines for the complete deployment of its R1,3bn broadband initiative after an initial contracting period with the State IT Agency and Neotel took longer than anticipated. The tender, which was issued
Telkom has denied that it is underinvesting in its network after the company revealed on Monday that its capital expenditure in the six months to 30 September 2014 fell sharply, with capex-to-revenue coming in well below guidance provided previously. This fall in capex prompted analysts on Monday
