MTN Group has walked away from talks to acquire Telkom, sending the partially state-owned operator’s shares crashing.
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South Africa’s biggest telecommunications operators have called for more consultation over government’s plan to terminate 2G and 3G services by 2025.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has gazetted a draft policy document that will allow for the trading of radio frequency spectrum in South Africa.
Government has proposed that South Africa switch off its 2G cellular networks by June 2024 and its 3G networks by March 2025.
Opensignal has found that MTN tops rival Vodacom in 5G availability and 5G upload speeds, while the companies draw level on other criteria.
E.tv parent eMedia Investments on Friday launched a blistering attack on Icasa and Sentech, over the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor’s monopoly.
The communications regulator has appointed Norman Gidi as acting CEO from 1 September following the resignation of Willington Ngwepe.
Attempts to monitor and control the entire market actively stifle competition, reduce quality, raise prices and hamstring technological progress.
Icasa has begun the process of making more radio frequency spectrum available to operators wanting to provide broadband services.
Ignore for a moment that Rain, although growing fast, is a relative pipsqueak next to Telkom. Does a merger make any sense? By Duncan McLeod.