South African mobile users spend far less time on 5G than their counterparts in markets like India, a new analysis shows.
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Broadcasters have been invited to nominate the engineers who will help shape digital radio in South Africa.
Icasa freed up new Wi-Fi spectrum years ago, but ageing routers and handsets are throttling South Africa’s Wi-Fi upgrade.
The Wi-Fi 8 standard trades the gigabit race for reliability – and Icasa’s new spectrum rules make it matter locally.
A significant set of final regulations from Icasa has opened 900MHz of spectrum to Wi-Fi and private 5G operators.
Government must lean more on the private sector in a fiscally constrained environment, communications minister Solly Malatsi has said.
Industry body says the fiscus-first model is starving the very sector South Africa depends on for connectivity.
Broadcaster-only election rules leave South Africa exposed to the AI-driven disinformation already shaping votes elsewhere.
A sound policy reform has become politically radioactive – because Elon Musk is the one who most obviously benefits.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi wants answers from Icasa on why it has not yet acted on his December policy direction.