Telkom cannot use the fact that it is relatively overstaffed and unproductive to hold back local-loop unbundling. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has rejected arguments the fixed-line operator has put forward about the impact of its so-called “access-line deficit” and has
Tensions are growing in South Africa’s mobile telecommunications industry as the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa gets nearer to publishing final regulations that will govern decreases in wholesale inter-network call charges over the next three years
International broadcasters have been warned by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) that they must be in possession of the required radio frequency spectrum and type-approval licences when covering the upcoming state funeral of former president Nelson Mandela
Cell C acting CEO Jose Dos Santos has accused his counterpart at MTN South Africa, Zunaid Bulbulia, of crying wolf over termination rates. Dos Santos has described claims Bulbulia made in an exclusive interview with TechCentral this week as “exaggerated and misleading
Telkom plans to hand back spectrum in a wide range of radio frequencies as it migrates from legacy technologies to next-generation systems. It is in talks with telecommunications regulator Icasa about the plan, which is expected to take years to implement. The operator plans
Cell C is set to help launch the first mobile virtual network enabler in South Africa, creating a platform that will allow mobile virtual network operators – Virgin Mobile is an example of an MVNO – to offer mobile products and services. Cell C will launch
A showdown between Telkom and its regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), may be on the cards over local-loop unbundling (LLU), with newly appointed Icasa CEO Pakamile Pongwana warning that unbundling may be necessary to promote
Internet service provider MWeb has taken Telkom to court, demanding that a 6c/minute “transit” charge for calls carried from the telecommunications operator’s fixed-line network and onto its mobile network is in breach of an interconnection agreement signed between the parties
Vodacom has come out guns blazing against proposals by its regulator, Icasa, that mobile call termination rates be slashed over the next three years while giving the company’s smaller rivals a leg up through “asymmetry”. Icasa wants the new rates – which operators charge each
A court should review the times TopTV intends to broadcast pornographic material, the Justice Alliance of South Africa (Jasa) said on Friday. The group filed papers with the Western Cape high court in an attempt to stop the channel from airing pornographic material from 1 December
