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Trade, industry and competition department sells out to telecoms big business

Last year, the Competition Tribunal prohibited Vodacom’s purchase of a stake in Remgro’s fibre businesses — Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). But then, South Africa’s minister…

On the brink: Telkom is on its way down. (Photo: Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)

Is there Rain in Telkom’s future?

The Telkom-Rain deal is still on the table but analysts are divided on whether it will be successful

Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscription, MTN, has called off its talks with Telkom about a proposed takeover.

MTN’s focus on fibre might be the only way for it to regain market share

MTN SA has made two new executive appointments, in its technology and fibre divisions, as part of its efforts for it to grow its fibre business

A prototype of the device that could connect remote places to fast
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Let there be light: Using home-grown photonics to close digital access divide

The transmission of information through particles of light may be the solution to closing the gap between the internet haves and have-nots

David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

US Congress appeals ruling on net neutrality

The issue of net neutrality isn’t black and white, displaying both positive and negative consequences

Flowers adorn the memorial site of the Marikana massacre on its fifth anniversary. No one has yet been tried for the mass shooting but this could change as new information comes to light.

State’s IT merger plan slated

The government plans to merge several state-owned companies to form one broadband firm to fast-track internet access in the country

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SPIKE, DOUBLE: Internet freedom: why access is becoming a human right

Lowering mobile data costs and offering free internet are some of the ways to increase accessibility to online spaces, writes Indra de Lanerolle.

Celebrity chef David Chang

New sea cable could lower broadband costs

The Africa Coast to Europe cable is likely the last major system to land in SA for a while, but help with redundancy and choice may bring costs down.

Critics say Telkom is attempting to slow the rolling-out of high-speed broadband.

The battle is on for rapid broadband

A delay in policy directive is raising the stakes in the telecommunications sector’s battle for high-speed spectrum.

WBS has not been able to capitalise on all its valuable ­spectrum

WBS back in broadband play

Despite serious questions about its deal with Icasa, the firm remains hot property

A target of universal broadband access in South Africa by 2020 has been set

What the ‘universal’ water access lie taught us about broadband

The communication department has set a target of "universal" broadband access. But if it is similar to our water access, it won’t be universal at all.

The Please Call Me case ruling shows the gap between corporate profit and public good.

The new frontier: Africa’s great ‘white spaces’

Microsoft and Google are racing to fine tune a technology that could ultimately bring cheap broadband to the entire African continent.

Telkom’s Alphonzo Samuels

LTE is a complementary solution

A comment by Alphonzo Samuel, the managing executive for network infrastructure provisioning at Telkom SA.

A realistic look at “4G”

The migration to digital terrestrial television and other delays are hampering broadband rollout.

LTE: a solution to SA’s broadband rollout?

A comment by Toby Shapshak, the editor and publisher of Stuff magazine.

New Communications Minister Yunus Carrim took reader questions on broadband

Better Internet connectivity for South Africa?

New Communications Minister Yunus Carrim took reader questions on broadband, the SABC and more in our live M&G Hangout. Watch the highlights.

Telkom’s promises fall on deaf ears

The introduction of high-speed broadband is the company’s best hope of turning sentiment around.

Celebrity chef David Chang

High-tech and lowlife: How extortion is hobbling broadband roll-out

We need to start seeing broadband as a vital service and treating those who threaten it with severity, writes Alistair Fairweather.

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Broadband delays affect SA economy, says report

The government’s delays in improving broadband internet access have a negative impact on SA’s economy, rankings by the World Economic Forum has shown.

UK lagging in broadband boom

The United Kingdom will need to invest £15-billion in broadband if it is to avoid being frozen out of next industrial revolution.