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Broadband Infraco outlines its plans to compete »
Newly established state-owned telecommunications infrastructure provider, Broadband Infraco, will build five points of presence in SA’s major centres this year and will begin offering national backhaul connections on its fibre network at speeds ranging from...
February 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Icasa drops interconnection fee bombshell »
Consumers hoping for a cut in mobile interconnection rates next month are set to be disappointed after the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) indicated on Monday that it would not consider a proposed voluntary...
February 1 2010 / 9 comments / Read More »
King content, 3D bring South Africans back to the movies »
SA’s big cinema chains, Nu Metro and Ster-Kinekor, have reported a surge in movie attendance over the past two years. Both chains have responded by investing aggressively in new screens countrywide as well as in...
February 1 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »News
WirelessG fires fresh salvo in broadband price war »
WirelessG is the latest Internet service provider to join the escalating SA broadband price war. The company has slashed the price of broadband on...
Feb 8 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »Cope wants probe into Nyanda’s affairs »
The Congress of the People intends asking the Public Protector to investigate communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s business interests, a party spokeswoman said on Friday. The...
Feb 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »Vodacom plays for upper hand in rates fracas »
JSE-listed cellphone group Vodacom will cut interconnection rates on 1 March, provided its regulator lets it do so, and has promised to remove all...
Feb 4 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »Nyanda speaks of progress at SABC »
A task team convened to look into the “bedevilled” affairs of the SABC has found some progress has been made in its turnaround strategy,...
Feb 4 2010 / No comment / Read More »Action needed to stop Sentech’s ‘terminal decline’ »
State-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech is in “urgent need of a turnaround strategy” and requires “drastic and immediate action” if it is to “avoid...
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