With only a few months to go until Telkom becomes SA’s fourth mobile network operator, the question on many people’s lips is whether the fixed-line incumbent will start a price with Vodacom, MTN and Cell C. Telkom hasn’t yet decided on tariffs for its mobile offering. The company’s MD, Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi, says these must be still be approved by the board

It’s a pity Nokia is still married to the Symbian operating system. Symbian’s outdated S40 software is the only thing…

I’m sometimes asked by investors whether the growth story has gone out of SA telecommunications stocks. A series of regulations, coupled with growing competition and a weak economy, is putting pressure on operators’ margins. Is it time for investors to abandon the sector? Before I attempt to answer that question, it’s worth looking back at how the telecoms sector in SA has developed over the past decade

A problem on the Seacom submarine cable system caused extensive downtime for SA Internet users on Monday. The bad news…

Seacom may soon cut international bandwidth prices. The cable operator’s first anniversary this month also marks the end of price-cutting restrictions placed on it by some of its anchor tenants. Brian Herlihy, Seacom’s president, says the agreement with anchor tenants — other telecommunications companies — ends on Seacom’s one-year anniversary on 23 July

MultiChoice is cementing its dominance in local sports broadcasting. Its subsidiary, SuperSport, will launch a new, dedicated, high-definition football channel,…

Your panel of technology pundits this week includes Brett Haggard, Candice Jones and Duncan McLeod. They join Simon Dingle to discuss the Samsung Galaxy S, iPhone 4 antenna woes, interconnection fees, Cisco’s tablet and much, much more

SA is getting a new fixed-line telecommunications network operator, TechCentral can report exclusively. The company, called Metrofibre Networx, enjoys the backing of several heavy hitters, including former Absa CEO Steve Booysen and Dark Fibre Africa co-founder Malcolm Kirby. Metrofibre Networx, which is led by Kirby, will focus almost exclusively on delivering high-speed fibre connectivity to businesses

West African undersea cable Main One has gone live two weeks before schedule. The 1,92Gbit/s cable links Nigeria to Portugal,…

We are heading into the last four games of the Fifa World Cup 2010, and if there is one thing that we can take away from the games played so far, it’s that Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s vehement resistance to the use of technology has become untenable. Sports such as rugby and tennis have shot past football in their use of technology, but thanks to the tight grip of the Fifa board