AltX-listed Huge Group has hit back at recent claims that a dramatic reduction in mobile interconnection fees will destroy the…
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State-owned broadcast signal distributor Sentech has defended its continued ownership of a valuable chunk of radio frequency spectrum needed to…
A third person has been arrested in the pending Vodacom banking fraud case, the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court heard on…
The first reportback on progress regarding mobile termination rates was expected in October, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa…
I know that this article is going shock you, but not in the way you expect, so buckle up. I have oversimplified the piece, but its essence is as true as you could wish for. The other day, I found a Telkom — in those days Posts & Telecommunications — internal “newspaper” called Postel, dated December 1982. The front page article — coincidentally written by myself at the time — described a 40% cut in international data communication tariffs based on X.75 packet-switching. Before the 40% cut, it cost, in today’s money, more than R10 000 to send 1MB of data. After the 40% cut, it cost only R6 000/MB — a bargain, with demand exceeding supply
Brokerage Barnard Jacobs Mellet Securities has revised its share price target for telecommunications group Vodacom sharply downward in anticipation of…
Telecommunications companies have agreed in a meeting with the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to come together to negotiate…
Telecommunications industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), has summoned SA’s incumbent operators, including Telkom, Vodacom and MTN,…
Neotel’s new NeoGo USB-based modem works exceptionally well, provided you’re in the company’s broadband EV-DO coverage areas in the major…
There is a strong case for intervention by Icasa to reduce interconnection charges between mobile operators. Here’s what needs to happen for costs to come down, writes Patricia de Lille