Don’t blame Telkom for using its monopoly to strangle the local Internet sector — the government allowed it to. This seems to be a recurring theme in Telkom’s defence of its rapacious pricing being heard by the Competition Tribunal. The telecommunications giant stands accused
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It may have taken seven years and numerous legal challenges, but the Competition Commission’s case against Telkom finally made it to the Competition Tribunal on Monday. SA’s fixed-line operator stands accused of abusing its dominance by charging
Building a next-generation network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology is a “no-brainer” for telecommunications company iBurst and its parent Wireless Business Solutions, says WBS CEO Thami Mtshali. He explains the company already has
BWired, the company created by Ericsson and the City of Johannesburg to build a city-wide fibre network, says it is on course for an early 2012 switch-on. The network will connect 500 buildings owned by the city, with remaining capacity made available
Competitors seeking access to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper cables into homes and businesses should be able to choose the model they want to use to gain access to the infrastructure. That’s the view of cellular network operator Vodacom, which
Cellular network operator MTN kicked off public hearings on local-loop unbundling in Sandton on Tuesday, arguing strongly against proposals that the regulatory intervention be extended to the wireless local loop. The Independent Communications Authority
The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices
Brett Haggard is at the helm of the ZA Tech Show podcast again this week, joined by Ben Kelly and Steven Ambrose. They discuss MTN going uncapped, Google+ and its explosive growth, the fight between Apple and Samsung, Nokia’s new N9, and plenty more
This was undoubtedly the week for uncapped broadband news, with MTN, Telkom and iBurst all announcing new products. Your TalkCentral hosts, Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson, unpack all the announcements and what they mean. Also in this week’s podcast, we
MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar has scotched rumours that the mobile operator is in talks to buy Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), the parent company of wireless operator iBurst. Pienaar tells TechCentral that MTN has held exploratory discussions with iBurst