Andile Ngcaba, chairman of Convergence Partners and Dimension Data SA, says telecommunications companies must work together to build national, long-distance fibre networks in the country. Dimension Data, Convergence
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MTN SA has begun work on a pilot network using long-term evolution, the next generation mobile broadband technology, and will have 100 base stations active in Gauteng by the end of the year. At the same time, the company is
MTN SA wants access to the spectrum that will be freed up through the move from analogue to digital terrestrial television sooner than the December 2013 deadline set down for the completion of digital migration. Now, its MD
A short but busy week at TechCentral translates into packed edition of this week’s episode of the TalkCentral podcast. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones look at the royal wedding and YouTube’s involvement in it, the launch
TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod talks to Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt about the company’s challenges at the Advertising Standards Authority, competition with Vodacom, and the launch of its 42Mbit/s mobile broadband network
Competition in SA’s mobile communications industry may be getting tougher, but that isn’t going to stop Vodacom from turning in a robust improvement in earnings in its financial year to 31 March 2011 when it reports results next
TalkCentral episode 34 is good to go. In this week’s pre-Easter long weekend special, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about Telkom’s Jeffrey Hedberg to join Craig Venter’s Altech as group chief operating officer
The arrival of the Western African Cable System (Wacs), which landed in the west coast town of Yzerfontein on Tuesday will accelerate competition in the local market. But, according to experts, the impact on broadband prices may not
The battlefield is ready, the guns are out and SA’s mobile operators are shuffling troops into position for what could turn into a protracted war. The latest operator to fire a salvo into the field of battle is Telkom’s 8ta
SA and Africa have never had it so good. Almost every month brings news of some or other big broadband project. The latest, a plan to build a high-capacity cable between Brazil, SA and Angola, will bring terabits of new