At Radio Days Africa last week, the deputy minister of communications, Pinky Kekana, stressed the benefits and importance of implementing digital radio in South Africa, calling DAB+ “a game changer”. While the radio industry is gearing
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There will be more than a billion 5G subscriptions by the end of 2023 – just over five years from now – accounting for 12% of all mobile subscriptions, according to a new report from Ericsson. The company’s latest
A bill that will introduce a radical overhaul of legislation governing South Africa’s ICT sector should scrapped in favour of tweaking existing legislation, the Free Market Foundation again argued on Monday. The foundation
By finally publishing regulations on the use of television white spaces, communications regulator Icasa has paved the way for two significant turning points in the country’s roll-out of Internet access to its citizens
The delivery of audio over the Internet could render a plan by communications regulator Icasa to license new digital radio broadcasters moot, Primedia, which already owns several commercial FM and AM radio
Following the successful trials in South Africa of digital radio broadcasting technologies, communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Monday that she will issue a policy directive to the regulator, Icasa
Following complaints lodged by Cell C and MTN, the Competition Commission has investigated and cleared wireless broadband operator Rain’s agreement with Vodacom. The two operators lodged their complaints
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss the big Vumatel sale to Remgro’s Community Investment Ventures Holdings. Also in the show, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko’s open letter to South
Communications regulator Icasa has postponed the implementation of new data expiry rules pending the outcome of an urgent application in the high court by mobile operator Cell C. Though it said it still expects South
MTN South Africa on Thursday joined Cell C in challenging Icasa’s deadline for the implementation of new data expiry rules, arguing the time the communications regulator has given the industry