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Better Wi-Fi for South Africa The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa's (Icasa) decision to make 500MHz of bandwidth available for Wi-Fi has tripled the capacity available for in-vehicle and in-building wireless networks. This is according to the Internet Service Providers'...

South African networks can't cut data prices while load-shedding rages South African Internet service providers say government’s concern about the cost to communicate must consider the impact of regular power cuts on the cost of providing connectivity and Internet access. President Cyril...

No goodbye to TV licence in the next 5 years The proposal to replace the SABC's TV licence fee with a broadcasting tax will take more than five years to implement. That is according to feedback provided to the Sunday newspaper Rapport by Dominic Cull of Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions, a...

South Africa's Internet censorship rules for all online content — including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has published amended Films and Publications regulations that set out new rules governing online content distribution in South Africa. The...

What MTN really wants from Telkom For MTN to get the Competition Commission’s approval to acquire Telkom, it must structure the deal extremely carefully. “This was a very predictable reaction to the Vodacom-CIVH deal,” Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions founder Dominic Cull told MyBroadband.

South African Internet providers ordered to reverse transactions from five years ago The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has ordered Internet service providers to reverse corporate transactions they entered into over five years ago. This was revealed by the...

E-tv takes South Africa hostage over spectrum E-tv owner eMedia has approached the Constitutional Court to further delay South Africa's switch-off of analogue TV signals, the broadcaster has told MyBroadband. eMedia filed the papers on 4 April 2022.

South African call centres can soon move 0800-numbers away from Telkom — here's how it works South African businesses can finally port non-geographic numbers without losing the mobile or fixed-line numbers. From 7 March 2022, these businesses will be able to shift their often...

Why Apple's Private Relay isn't available in South Africa Apple said it would not be releasing its Private Relay feature in several countries, including South Africa, but experts suspect that the decision was made by the company internally rather than by a local regulator. Private Relay is a...

South African call centres can soon move 0800-numbers away from Telkom South Africa’s Independent Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) says the country’s telecoms sector is off to a promising start in 2022 with the finalisation of a complete number portability framework. The Independent...

16 years late — Number portability in South Africa must be finished The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has had sixteen years to fully implement number portability, and it still has not happened. According to the Independent Service Providers’ Association of South...

Icasa must stop micromanaging Internet companies in South Africa Network operators are waiting from six months to over a year for the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to process routine licence transfer requests. This is according to a statement issued by the Internet Service...

Fibre in SA: are we headed for regional monopolies? International technology websites are full of complaints about cable Internet providers in the United States, and one can’t help but wonder if South Africa is heading the same way

Telkom local loop unbundling stalling and FTTH: the silver lining Though local loop unbundling would have been great, Telkom’s stalling might end up being good for South Africa in the long term

Icasa must stop guessing A panel of telecommunications industry insiders has shared their views on what is needed from Icasa’s next round of call termination regulations

Did Icasa roll over on termination rate cuts? The decision to delay the implementation of its latest round of call termination rate cuts was the right move by Icasa, a specialist lawyer has said

Will Vodacom make a move in Africa? Vodafone’s interests in Africa may be up for grabs if AT&T does acquire its European operations

ISPA challenges Telkom over LLU ISPA challenges Telkom CEO’s latest statements on local loop unbundling, arguing that the company should change its mindset

How much broadband spectrum is really available in SA? ISPA renews its call for the Department of Communications to release information about the use of radio frequency spectrum in South Africa

Pule could lose out The communications minister stands to lose most in a potential repositioning of some of SA’s most significant parastatals under public enterprises.