Growing trade between Africa and Asia has prompted talk of a new subsea broadband cable along Africa’s eastern coastline, says Hong Kong ICT firm PCCW. Last week, PCCW said it along with Telkom, MTN Saudi Telecom Company and
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Imagine downloading 5 000 movies per second over your Internet connection. Those are the ultimate speeds being promised by a new, multibillion-rand submarine cable system that is to be built to connect South Africa and East Africa to Asia and
Local telecommunications companies could regret spending around R1bn each on a new African broadband cable if the project goes ahead, says an expert. On Monday, Hong Kong ICT firm PCCW said Telkom, MTN, Saudi
MTN lags behind rivals Vodacom, Telkom and Cell C in customer satisfaction, according to new research that shows the industry broadly is not faring well in keeping clients happy. Although average customer satisfaction scores with wireless Internet
Although Telkom has held preliminary discussions regarding Africa-1, the proposed new super cable to connect South Africa and East Africa…
South Africans either love Vodacom, or hate it, according to cellular tariff optimisation specialist Tariffic. The company reached the conclusion after analysing how consumers have used the company’s website, which went live
The fight over who controls home broadband in South Africa is getting a lot more serious. South African fibre-to-the-home pioneer Vumatel announced on Tuesday that it has reached
Reports emerged on Monday that five telecommunications operators, including South Africa’s MTN and Telkom, have designs on a new, superfast submarine cable system connecting Africa
Just when it appeared a sale of state-owned fibre infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco to Telkom was a fait accompli, Vodacom may now intervene and make an offer to buy the financially
There is no want for topics today that concern South Africa. Race, the economy, our president’s naked emperor tendencies – these are all important. It is, in fact, refreshing to see all that discourse. In our most cynical moments we complain how the country is going backwards