O3b Networks, which plans to launch a constellation of medium-earth orbit satellites by 2013, has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with SA’s Mavoni Technologies to bring broadband to rural areas. O3b wants
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Communications minister Roy Padayachie says the country is on track to switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts by December 2013, paving the way for spectrum that will be freed up through the migration
When broadcasters switch to digital television, a valuable chunk of radio frequency spectrum will be freed up for broadband. The country ought to have a debate now about how to use this spectrum to bring affordable Internet
State-owned broadband infrastructure company Broadband Infraco has had a tough few months. But acting CEO, Andrew Shaw, reckons the company is getting itself sorted out and will make a meaningful impact
Telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), and members of the SA Police Service on Friday raided the head office and two satellite offices of controversial Internet service provider
They say hindsight has 20/20 vision. In that case, Sentech needs to get its eyes checked. The parastatal announced the details of its plan to spend R1,2-billion of taxpayers’ money building a new national wireless broadband network
The battle between Vodacom and Cell C dominates this week’s episode of TalkCentral, the business technology podcast brought to you by TechCentral. But we also find time to talk about a few other issues that caught our attention this week
State-owned broadcast signal distributor Sentech has suspended six senior employees in an apparent effort by the new management team to demonstrate it will not tolerate deviation from proper procedure
State-owned broadcast signal distributor Sentech is considering WiMax technology, using radio frequency spectrum it has already been assigned, to build its planned R1,1bn national broadband network. The company has already been licensed
Sentech says its national broadband network will cost between R1,1bn and R1,2bn over the next three years, leaving the company short of R250m in financing to build the infrastructure. The state-owned company has set aside