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The department of communications is determined that SA will meet a self-imposed deadline of switching off analogue television broadcasts by December 2013. Deputy communications minister Obed Bapela says “notwithstanding recent

Government is yet to know the extent by which the costly Rica process was abused by fraudsters who sold pre-registered Sim cards to consumers. “We will engage with all the service providers in terms of how big the problem

Despite costing the telecommunications industry hundreds of millions of rand, government says the Sim card registration process was worth it and is already helping fight crime. MTN alone confirms it has spent R250m on the

With just a day left before mobile operators are forced to switch off customers that haven’t registered their Sim cards, only Telkom’s 8ta has completed the process. Deputy communications minister Obed Bapela said on Wednesday

After meeting with technology industry leaders on Friday, communications minister Roy Padayachie held a press conference with selected executives who participated in the discussion. Here is the podcast

Communications minister Roy Padayachie hosted technology industry leaders at a roundtable on Friday to discuss ways of growing the sector and creating jobs. Here’s who attended the event

Government will build 18 information and communications technology (ICT) hubs, two in each of SA’s nine provinces, over the next year as a way of bringing technology to SA’s rural poor. The plan, which will cost

Telecommunications operators say the Universal Service Fund should be used exclusively for telecommunications services in underserviced areas and should not be tapped by broadcasters for digital set-top box

Cabinet on Wednesday discussed the issue of which standard SA will adopt for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. Curiously, however, no reference was made to the issue in Thursday’s cabinet statement

Newly appointed communications minister Roy Padayachie wants to ensure the “local loop”, the so-called “last mile” of copper cables that connect consumers to Telkom’s network, is unbundled within 12 months.