SA’s dominant telecommunications operators are in for a rough ride if the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) gets its way. The authority has signalled its intention to accelerate the introduction a range of competition-related regulatory interventions in an effort to increase competition in SA’s telecoms sector. SA’s mobile operators are already reeling from pressure [...]
The Competition Commission has referred its findings of abuse of dominance against Telkom to the Competition Tribunal for adjudication, it said on Wednesday. It had asked the tribunal to levy an administrative penalty of 10% on Telkom’s annual turnover for its financial year ended 31 March 2009, it said in a statement. This is the [...]
Windows 7 has landed. After months of hype, Microsoft has finally delivered its newest PC operating system. Reviewers are raving about it, and it looks set to sell well. But its release marks the end of an era. Microsoft’s launch of Windows 7 at Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton last Thursday evening was interrupted by [...]
The European Commission will urge the 27 European Union countries on Wednesday to reserve a uniform slice of broadcast spectrum for a pan-European mobile broadband network, one that could enable flat-rate, international voice and data calling plans, The New York Times reports. The proposal sets out technical guidelines for EU countries that choose to redeploy [...]
Google has launched its map service in SA, providing detailed map information, driving and walking directions, transport data, and a range of other services. Ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup, the US Internet company has also provided a range of services specifically tailored for international tourists. These include a foreign-language version of the SA [...]
Big changes in management are on the cards at Naspers-controlled pay-TV operator MultiChoice, TechCentral has learnt. Jim Volkwyn, head of pay-TV platforms at MultiChoice parent MIH, has elected to retire, resulting in a comprehensive shake-up in top management at the DStv operator. Meloy Horn, head of investor relations at Naspers, has confirmed the changes. Eben [...]
Government and the mobile operators were locked in an urgent, closed-door meeting in Pretoria on Tuesday following the collapse of talks last week aimed at bringing down mobile interconnection fees. TechCentral has learnt that the CEOs of Vodacom SA, MTN SA and Cell C have been asked to brief communications department director-general Mamodupi Mohlala (pictured) [...]
In the world of telecommunications, you get awful regulators and you get bloody awful regulators. Fortunately, SA has only had awful regulators. The US, Europe and other unfortunates have had bloody awful regulators. In the US, they destroyed one of the greatest companies in the world and issued hundreds of wireless licences with too little spectrum. In Europe, they managed almost to bankrupt credible telecoms operators with horrendously
The number of liquidations in the first nine months of 2009 increased 25,9% compared with the first nine months of 2008, Statistics SA said on Monday. The increase was due to rises of 25,9% in voluntary liquidations and 25,6% in compulsory liquidations. When comparing the first nine months of 2009 with the first nine months [...]
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday downgraded Telkom following the sale and unbundling of its 50% stake in cellular network operator Vodacom. “The downgrade reflects Telkom’s weakened credit risk profile as result of the company’s decision to sell its stake in Vodacom,” the ratings agency says. “Moody’s believes Telkom’s former stake in Vodacom was a key [...]
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