The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has proposed four separate models for unbundling the fixed-line local loop, which would give Telkom’s rivals access to the company’s “last mile” of copper cable infrastructure

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) thinks revenues in the telecommunications industry could grow by more than R1bn through local-loop unbundling. This can be used to retain jobs in the sector and fund

Telkom, SA’s incumbent fixed-line telecommunications operator, must face up to the fact that it has reached an inflection point. It ought to invest tens of billions of rand to take high-speed fibre-optics into millions of homes and businesses before someone else does

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) will present a discussion document on local-loop unbundling (LLU) to the telecommunications industry on Wednesday morning. TechCentral rounded up the views of a few key industry leaders

Microsoft is playing up the successful prosecution and sentencing of a businessman who sold pirated software to consumers in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. The “bust”, as the software maker is describing it, took three years to conclude. “Microsoft sees this as

Korea’s LG Electronics has long had to play second fiddle to rival and country mate Samsung, but with its new range of smartphones the company is displaying its mettle and making it clear it can create products that not only stand up to the opposition’s offerings in terms

Nokia on Monday unveiled the N9, its latest high-end smartphone and the first to be powered by Linux-based MeeGo, the operating system developed in partnership with chip-maker Intel. The phone sports a 3,9-inch Amoled touch screen with

MTN SA has launched two new carry-over features, one for all Internet packages and recurring Internet bundles, and another for all once-off Internet bundles. This will allow MTN subscribers to carry over their unused Internet data for additional months

Telkom’s mobile operator, 8ta, will double the number of base stations active in its network in the next nine months, increasing population coverage from 25% now to between 35% and 40% by the end of the first quarter of 2012

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the body that develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers or domain names, said on Monday it had approved a plan to allow custom generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Currently, there are only 22 gTLDs