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
Many of the details of the process for migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial television still need to be debated and finalised, including who will qualify for subsidised set-top boxes, says communications minister Roy Padayachie. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday
Dimension Data SA chairman Andile Ngcaba, who is a big investor in SA’s telecommunications industry through his company Convergence Partners, expressed frustration on Monday at the slow pace of decision making over the allocation of
The International Institute of Communications’ annual telecommunications conference takes place in Johannesburg in a month’s time and this year’s event is crammed full of high-level speakers from business, government and regulatory agencies. The event, for which
Could Naspers become SA’s newest telecommunications operator? It is looking increasingly likely that the Cape Town-based media giant will commit the billions of rand necessary to do just that. Its Internet service provider subsidiary, MWeb
