iBurst Africa, a telecommunications business controlled by iBurst executive chairman Thami Mtshali, wants to raise as much as US$200m in…
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When Rob Shuter left Nedbank earlier this year, he went for a walk. A very long walk. He needed time…
Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys said the cellular group was “not opposed” to lower interconnection rates provided they were set based…
SA’s telecommunications industry is in such a poor state precisely because of secret deals done in smoke-filled rooms. So it’s…
SA’s mobile operators are unlikely to slash their retail call tariffs, even if mobile interconnection rates are cut dramatically. That’s…
AltX-listed Huge Group has hit back at recent claims that a dramatic reduction in mobile interconnection fees will destroy the…
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