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South Africa’s redrafted AI policy goes to cabinet by March 2027, months later than first promised.

Vodacom wants Icasa to assign the defunct Woan spectrum to operators for satellite-to-phone services.

Vodacom Group CTO Dejan Kastelic says South Africa could switch off 3G within two years if operators act together.

Openserve and Huawei are installing fibre ducts in 405 government houses under construction in Empangeni.

A new policy direction asks Icasa to define essential facilities and sets out a dispute process that could pause roll-outs.

The telecoms group wants one body to coordinate AI rules, with existing sector regulators doing the enforcing.

South Africa argues about Starlink’s ownership, but the bigger question is who controls the switch.

South Africa’s ISP body says neither the communications department nor Icasa seems able to lower the cost to communicate.

South Africa fares better than most of the continent, according to the operators’ lobby group.

The trial doubles as a pitch for spectrum that mobile operators and Wi-Fi advocates have fought over.