MTN wants to share spectrum in the so-called “digital dividend” band with television broadcasters so it can begin rolling out a wireless broadband network across the country using next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) technology. “I would deploy LTE across
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Implementation of “carrier pre-selection”, which will allow consumers to route a phone call over a network of their choice by adding an access code in front a dialled number, has been delayed until the end of November. The regulations are meant to help foster
Rustenburg was the scene last weekend of a summit involving technology industry CEOs and communications minister Roy Padayachie. The industry agreed to expand Internet access to all and find ways of creating 1m new jobs in nine years. At face value
SA’s cellular network operators have been found wanting over service quality levels by their regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). On Friday, Icasa announced the results of a quality-of-service survey
Too little, too late.” This was the general reaction of Internet service providers, telecommunications companies and telecommunications analysts last week after the regulator released its discussion document
Telkom’s new mobile operator, 8ta, last week introduced a mobile broadband special offer that deeply undercuts its parent’s own fixed-line broadband prices. It’s a bizarre situation that underscores Telkom’s lack of a coherent long-term
Telkom will not comment at this stage on the publication by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) on Wednesday of a discussion document on how the authority plans to proceed with local-loop unbundling
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has proposed four separate models for unbundling the fixed-line local loop, which would give Telkom’s rivals access to the company’s “last mile” of copper cable infrastructure
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) thinks revenues in the telecommunications industry could grow by more than R1bn through local-loop unbundling. This can be used to retain jobs in the sector and fund
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) will present a discussion document on local-loop unbundling (LLU) to the telecommunications industry on Wednesday morning. TechCentral rounded up the views of a few key industry leaders