Zero. Zip. Nada. That’s how much interference a television white-spaces trial in Cape Town by Google and a number of technology partners has caused since it kicked off in March. News of the success of the project, which involved providing wireless Internet access to 10 schools using
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The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa) has come out strongly against any deal by Vodacom to buy Neotel, saying it will stifle competition, lead to job cuts and do little to reduce the “digital divide”. Earlier this week, Vodacom confirmed that it was in exclusive talks with Neotel
The television “white-spaces” trial in South Africa began at the end of March and has three partners, Google, the Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa) and university network organisation Tenet, which is doing the implementation. Tenet already provides the
A trial network which, if successfully concluded, could have a profound impact on the delivery of broadband services to South Africans will kick off in Cape Town in the next few weeks. The network will test the feasibility of using so-called television white-spaces spectrum to deliver wireless broadband
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa), an industry body representing 65 wireless Internet service providers, has called for a radical…