South Africa has not been particularly keen on the mobile virtual network operator model. It’s lagged most developed and some developing markets in launching mobile brands on the back of cellular
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A technical glitch connecting a satellite uplink station in Slovenia caused significant downtime for StarSat viewers on Monday and into Tuesday, but the company is confident the problem has now been
South Africa “won’t be held to ransom” by e.tv. That was the warning on Friday by communications minister Faith Muthambi, who was speaking to TechCentral on the sidelines of a Southern African Digital Broadcasting Association event in Johannesburg where she
The Black IT Forum, which represents thousands of small and medium enterprises, black professionals and students, has come out strongly in favour of Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel and says the former must get access to the latter’s spectrum assets
Telkom has announced plans to hike consumer line rental charges by a whopping 13,9%. The monthly fee will rise from R166 to R189 on 1 May, the company said on Friday. The increase
The Internet Service Providers’ Association, an industry body that represents most of South Africa’s ISPs, has lashed out at MTN’s decision to hike international inbound calls unilaterally, arguing that it is “misleading” for the operator to claim the decision will
When Vodacom announced 10 days ago that it will hike the subscription fees of a range of contract tariff plans from 1 May, it caught consumers by surprise. Many took to social media networks and the comments sections of news websites to voice their displeasure
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has defended itself against stinging criticism from Cell C, which last year accused the regulator of making a “dramatic U-turn” in wholesale inter-network call rates. When Icasa published its latest call termination
MTN South Africa has defended its unilateral implementation from November 2014 of a US$0,25/minute interconnection fee on international inbound calls and has warned the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa that it will take the
The erstwhile chair of communications regulator Icasa, Paris Mashile, has added his voice to the set-top box debate. And his views reflect those of communications minister Faith Muthambi. Mashile, who chaired the Icasa council from 2004