Miriam Altman, a commissioner on the National Planning Commission, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown, its impact, and how to save the economy.
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Telkom will delay the publication of its annual results by almost a month as the group will be unable to finalise these by 25 May, as previously anticipated, as a result of the national lockdown.
Podcast | Openserve CEO Althon Beukes spoke to TechCentral on Thursday about why, after so many years of agitation from consumers, Telkom has finally decided to offer “naked ADSL”.
Telkom is introducing a new wholesale product for ISPs that will mean consumers can directly obtain a broadband service from their ISP and will no longer be required to buy a copper line from Telkom’s retail division.
Telkom’s wholesale division, Openserve, has become the latest fixed broadband infrastructure provider to increase line speeds for some customers as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
Icasa has refused to budge on its decision to “expropriate” a portion of Telkom’s spectrum assets, describing the allegations made by the telecommunications operator as “spurious”.
Telkom has accused communications regulator Icasa of expropriating its radio frequency assets in its allocation of emergency temporary spectrum to operators last week.
Telkom group executive for regulation Siyabonga Mahlangu joins TechCentral for a discussion on Icasa’s emergency temporary spectrum relief and what it means for operators, including Telkom.
One of the more surprising aspects of communications regulator Icasa’s emergency allocation of temporary spectrum to operators this week is that they’ve been given access to the digital dividend bands.
Communications regulator Icasa has assigned emergency temporary spectrum to telecommunications operators to deal with network demand during the Covid-19 crisis.