Ethernet killed the WAN star
Ethernet was born 40 years ago, on 22 May 1973, while Bob Metcalfe who was working at the Xerox
Smart Village FTTH network opened to ISPs
Smart Village will open its fibre to the home multi-service residential networks to service providers
Telkom pay dispute heads to CCMA
A pay dispute between Solidarity and Telkom will be taken to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
High court cancels ICASA warrant
The High Court in East London has set aside a warrant to seize equipment from a telecommunications company that failed to pay its annual licensing fee.
Rapid network deployment guidelines holdup hurting SA broadband
ICASA and DoC holding the country’s broadband growth back by not finalising its Rapid Deployment Guidelines
ICASA confirms “closing down network”
ICASA said that it has closed down Easttel because of outstanding licence fees and it is enforcing compliance from operators
ICASA creates another network mess
ICASA has been accused of trying to shut down SA’s last standing USAL, leaving consumers and businesses without Internet access and voice services for a day
Telkom services disrupted by cable theft
Major cable theft affects services in the City Deep exchange area
Cell C joins open peering at NAPAfrica
Teraco has announced that Cell C it is the “first mobile operator in the country to support open peering”
Seacom cable network successfully repaired
The Seacom cable network was successfully repaired on 20 April; all circuits restored to the core network














