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David Behr leaves Liquid for MTN
David Behr leaves Liquid for MTN MTN has appointed David Behr as the new chief executive of its ICT Centre of Excellence (CoE), effective 1 November 2023. Behr is an industry veteran with over two decades of experience, including 11 years at Liquid Intelligent Technologies, where he currently...- Hanno Labuschagne
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Minister relaxes competition rules on operators, allowing joint procurement of backup power
Vodacom and MTN get relaxed competition rules to tackle load-shedding South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, has gazetted block exemptions for energy users and suppliers in South Africa to reduce the impact of Eskom load-shedding. The exemptions should...- Jan
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Vodacom, MTN, Liquid, Rain, and Telkom's asks to help them deal with load-shedding
Network operators ask for diesel rebate and relaxed competition rules over load-shedding South Africa’s mobile network operators have asked government for a diesel rebate and permission to collaborate on sharing power sources and security at their towers. Through their industry association...- Jan
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Seacom launches on Equiano
Seacom buys bandwidth on Google's massive undersea cable Seacom has launched services on the Google-owned Equiano undersea cable, promising private lines with latencies of 110 milliseconds between South Africa and Europe. The company says this is the fastest direct route between the continents.- Jan
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Enterprise connectivity providers in South Africa roundup - February 2023
Best enterprise connectivity providers Internet access and connectivity are essential for businesses, and enterprise-grade solutions offer several benefits over consumer options. Some of the best enterprise connectivity solution providers available to businesses in South Africa include MTN...- Jan
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Project Isizwe's Alan Knott-Craig re-emerges with for-profit township fibre company, complete with stablecoin
Township gets uncapped 100Mbps fibre for R5 per day Former iBurst and Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig (junior) has launched a new project to provide cheap uncapped fibre to South African townships and across the African continent. Knott-Craig's Isizwe, which he co-founded with Linda Sandler, is the...- Jan
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Services to protect websites against DDoS attacks - including South African providers
Security products to protect websites against DDoS attacks It is critical for South Africans to protect their sites against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to prevent the loss of meaningful traffic on their websites. DDoS attacks on South African websites and applications have...- Jan
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Renewable power projects from South African tech companies hard-hit by power cuts
South African tech companies going green while fighting load-shedding Many of South Africa's major technology and telecom companies have plans to make their operations more environmentally friendly while increasing their resilience against load-shedding. While the corporate world is no...- Jan
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Fibre-to-the-business price comparison - October 2022
Best 100Mbps business fibre prices in South Africa Businesses looking for broadband connectivity can get a fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) line for the fastest and most reliable Internet service in South Africa. With businesses increasingly reliant on digital technologies to provide customers...- Jan
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Association of Comms and Technology launched
South African network operators and minister launch the Association of Communications and Technology Nomvuyiso Batyi, in partnership with various executives from South Africa's telecommunications industry, launched the Association of Communications and Technologies (ACT) on Thursday, 11 August...- Jan
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Western Cape says people use 250TB per month on its public Wi-Fi network
People in the Western Cape used 250,000 GB of free Wi-Fi in a month The Western Cape government's free public Wi-Fi hotspot users consumed around 250TB of data from the province's network in a month. This was revealed in a recent statement from the Western Cape provincial parliament's standing...- Jan
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New Wi-Fi hotspot every two days in the Western Cape
Western Cape government launches new Wi-Fi hotspot every two days The Democratic Alliance has announced that the Western Cape provincial government has rolled out 1,302 free public Wi-Fi hotspots since 2015. This figure was revealed during a meeting of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament's...- Jan
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Western Cape and US to sign deal for R20 million public Wi-Fi study
Western Cape R20 million free public Wi-Fi study The Western Cape Premier, US Consul General, and US Trade Agency's regional director for sub-Saharan Africa will sign a R20 million broadband feasibility study agreement on Tuesday, 3 May 2022. According to the Western Cape government, the...- Jan
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Icasa ICT sector report - how much South African operators spent on their networks
These charts show how much money South Africa's operators spend on their networks South African operators' investments in their networks have gradually declined over the past four years, with spending totalling R47.6 billion in 2017, compared with R34 billion in 2021. This is according to...- Jan
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Liquid acquires fibre pair on Equiano
South African network operator lands capacity on Google's undersea cable Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced that it acquired a fibre pair on Google's Equiano subsea cable. The fibre pair will allow it to transport traffic up to 12 Tbps and bring a much-needed increase in...- Jan
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Mobile operators bid R14.5 billion on spectrum auction
Spectrum auction winners announced — Vodacom and MTN to spend R5 billion each The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced the conclusion of the much-anticipated high-demand radio frequency spectrum auction. The auction involved six qualified bidders: Cell C...- Jan
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Spectrum auction could run for weeks - over R8 billion bid so far
South Africa's mobile networks have bid over R8 billion in spectrum auction The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that South Africa’s mobile network operators have already bid R8 billion in its radio frequency spectrum auction. Icasa also confirmed that...- Jan
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Rain and Telkom win spectrum in Opt-In Auction round
Rain and Telkom the first spectrum winners — blow R2.7 billion Rain and Telkom were the first winners in South Africa’s radio frequency spectrum auction, and Cell C the first loser. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) kicked off its spectrum auction on Tuesday with...- Jan
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Icasa issues brief on spectrum auction kicking off on Tuesday, 8 March
South Africa's R8 billion 4G and 5G spectrum auction starts tomorrow — what to expect The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has issued a brief summarising the process being followed for its auction of sought-after radio frequency spectrum, which kicks off on Tuesday...- Jan
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Billionaire Econet founder retires from company he founded
Strive Masiyiwa retires from Econet Zimbabwean telecommunications billionaire and founder of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd., Strive Masiyiwa has retired from the company he started almost three decades ago to pursue new opportunities. The “vision caster” has moved on, Douglas Mboweni, chief...- Jan
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