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The country’s mobile operators should also be subjected to local-loop unbundling and not only Telkom and its “last-mile” copper access network, MWeb CEO Rudi Jansen told public hearings on the process at the Independent Communications

A Sandton hotel played host to a conference last week on “white-spaces spectrum”. For nontechnical people, it was a fairly arcane discussion. But what was being talked about could usher in the biggest revolution in telecoms since the mobile phone

Unbundling the local loop — introducing greater competition and regulating wholesale pricing in telecommunications access networks — is the “single most important regulatory intervention” available to lower the cost of broadband in SA. That’s

Competitors seeking access to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper cables into homes and businesses should be able to choose the model they want to use to gain access to the infrastructure. That’s the view of cellular network operator Vodacom, which

Cellular network operator MTN kicked off public hearings on local-loop unbundling in Sandton on Tuesday, arguing strongly against proposals that the regulatory intervention be extended to the wireless local loop. The Independent Communications Authority

Local-loop unbundling will only benefit rich people in urban areas, Cosatu affiliate the Communication Workers Union warned at public hearings on the process on Tuesday. “Who will benefit? The rich, most probably white, urban population that resides in the suburbs,” union representative Vulture Ntukuli told the council of the Independent Communications Authority

The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices

Wandile Tutani has been appointed as chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s Complaints and Compliance Committee, the broadcasting and telecommunications regulator has announced. Tutani, an attorney with experience in the technology

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has set down a provisional date for hearings on local-loop unbundling, the regulatory intervention that will force Telkom to open its “last mile” of copper cables to competitors

As a result of expanding mobile network coverage, the biggest challenge facing SA as it tries to get more people online is the affordability of connectivity and devices, not network speeds. That’s the view of Independent Communications Authority of SA