Zambia’s telecommunications regulator, Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (Zicta), has laid criminal charges against all three of the country’s mobile network operators for “failure to meet minimum standards of quality of service”. The operators are MTN, Airtel
One of the Medupi’s six 800MW units will not meet its deadline to deliver power to the grid by the end of the year, Eskom said on Monday. “Eskom has confirmed that the December 2013 target date is unlikely to be met. A more realistic target for the first synchronisation of unit six to the grid is the second half of 2014,” the
Rubben Mohlaloga, who is facing charges of defrauding the Land Bank of R6m, has been named to the nine-person council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) by communications minister Dina Pule. News of his appointment is contained
Dimension Data’s Ksh3bn (R355m) acquisition of AccessKenya Group has cleared another hurdle. The Kenyan company’s board of directors has recommended that shareholders accept the offer. The news comes after Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority formally approved the transaction last week
Once upon a time, Sony was Apple. For decades, the Japanese consumer electronics giant was known for its innovation as much as Apple is today. It commercialised the transistor radio with the TR-63 and popularised the console gaming market with the PlayStation. It pioneered
In this episode of TalkCentral, your regular hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson dive into the big technology stories of the past week. On the line-up this week: criticism over operators’ mobile data pricing and their reaction; why data expires; and the latest developments around fibre access networks in South Africa
An important security feature on the new Mandela banknotes, which were rolled out in November last year, has been found to be defective, it was reported on Sunday. The security thread, the most visible feature on the notes, which was meant to be embedded in the note, was
Telkom may be planning to spin off its copper-based network assets into a special purpose vehicle (SPV), a speculative news report suggests, but it’s unclear why the company would agree to such a move. In an entry posted late on Thursday night, a consumer forum site said it had spoken to unnamed sources – the website didn’t
Ever been frustrated that data you bought from your telecommunications provider expired before you had a chance to use it? South Africa’s operators are entitled to do this, they argue, because you’re purchase airtime, you’re buying a service rather than a commodity. In other words, consumers are
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