MTN has signed a deal with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) to manage the disposal of old cellular handsets and create development in the electronic waste (e-waste) industry in SA

The Europe India Gateway (EIG) undersea cable system is live and ready for commercial use. The cable will provide additional capacity to North Africa and provide an alternative route for telecommunications traffic for SA operators

China has a way of making Americans nervous. Whether it’s blowing up satellites, cuddling up to North Korea or being accused of fiddling its currency, the US just doesn’t trust its newest rival for global dominance. And this distrust

Emerging-markets cellphone group MTN wants to become a serious force to be reckoned with in the mobile content and application space, with plans to launch an app store

National treasury has allocated R2,2bn over five years for the department of home affairs’ “Who Am I Online?” project, which has been stalled by a legal dispute with Gijima, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said

National treasury has allocated a significant budget to the department of communications over the next three years to assist in the country’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television

Government is reintroducing a 7% ad valorem tax on imported computer monitors, scrapped in 2004, because many people, it says, are using them as television sets. TV sets and monitors

Government has allocated R450m over the next three years to expand broadband penetration in SA. The money will be used to develop a broadband strategy, a broadband

The parliamentary portfolio committee on communications has selected two candidates for the vacant position of councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa)

Africa and the Middle East are set to contribute 20% of total global mobile data traffic by 2015, according to a new global mobile data forecast from networking company Cisco