The council of communications regulator Icasa has appointed Willington Ngwepe as its new CEO, replacing the suspended Pakamile Pongwana who quit under a cloud in August. Ngwepe, who
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“Vodacom to reduce out-of-bundle prices by as much as 50%,” the breathless headline of the press release the mobile operator issued on Tuesday says. And it’s true, Vodacom will reduce out-of-bundle rates on 15 October. And some
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele sat down with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod in Cape Town on Wednesday on the sidelines of the FTTX Council Africa conference to discuss a range of issues
Communications regulator Icasa will make no changes to call termination rates for the next 12 months, it said at the weekend. Icasa had been expected to announce new rates by the end of September, when the
Cell C is moving to address growing political, regulatory and consumer pressure on the industry over the expiry of data and high out-of-bundle data prices by slashing prices and relaxing expiry rules. The mobile operator, South Africa’s
The high cost of roaming in the Southern African Development Community region has come under the spotlight at a meeting of ICT ministers taking place in Durban, with renewed calls for operators to reduce roaming costs in
There is reason to be sceptical about the department of telecommunications & postal services’ revised South African Connect roll-out plan to connect 90% of the population to the Internet by 2020
The former chairman of communications regulator Icasa, Paris Mashile, is back in the hot seat, albeit in an acting capacity. He replaces outgoing acting chairman Rubben Mohlaloga, whose term as
There’s one story dominating the podcast this week: TechCentral’s exclusive story about Vumatel’s plan to offer uncapped 100Mbit/s fibre to…
The recapitalisation of Cell C has hit a potential roadblock. Communications regulator Icasa late on Wednesday evening said the mobile operator may have failed to make the correct regulatory filings regarding the