Browsing: Icasa

SA consumers got their first taste of a broadband price war last week when a small Internet service provider, Afrihost, slashed the price of bandwidth to below cost. It’s a promising start, but matters little until Telkom is forced to open its network to rivals. It was a ballsy move. Last week, Afrihost cut the cost of fixed-line bandwidth on broadband digital subscriber lines to just R29/GB. To put that in perspective, the average selling price for this type of bandwidth has, until now, been R50-R70/GB

Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys said the cellular group was “not opposed” to lower interconnection rates provided they were set based…

The department of communications is considering a cooling off period for councillors of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa)…

SA’s telecommunications industry is in such a poor state precisely because of secret deals done in smoke-filled rooms. So it’s…

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) resisted pressure from members of parliament on Tuesday to issue state-owned company Broadband…

The parliamentary portfolio committee on communications is expected to issue a statement late on Tuesday in which it will call…

ANC MP and former deputy justice minister Johnny de Lange has torn strips off the Independent Communications Authority of SA…

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has come under fire in parliament for the time it has taken it…

The first reportback on progress regarding mobile termination rates was expected in October, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa…

The global economy faces its worst crisis in decades. Though SA has lagged the rest of the world in the slowdown, there is no doubt we have had our fair share of negative consequences. There are signs, however, that the worst may be over. Recently published GDP figures indicate a deceleration in the rate at which the economy is