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South African Tech News
Telkom fixed line monopoly won’t be protected: DoC
Jan 29th
The Department of Communications is wary to comment on Telkom profits in the wake of local loop unbundling, but says it won’t protect the incumbent’s monopoly
More national bandwidth required in SA
Jan 26th
Undersea cable systems in South Africa can provide terabits of bandwidth, and the bottleneck is now national backhaul capacity
Cable theft effect: you’ll be surprised
Jan 23rd
How bad is cable theft in South Africa? The answer might surprise you
Fibre maintenance and up-time
Jan 14th
Maintenance and up-time – the Achilles Heel of Africa’s new fibre network revolution
Vodacom to Vox voice problems
Jan 10th
Vodacom customers complain about problems to call Vox Telecom numbers; Vodacom says problem has been identified and is being resolved
Undersea cables for Africa
Jan 8th
Making best use of international cable capacity: a real wind of change for Africa in 2012?
Hacking telephone systems still big business in SA
Jan 3rd
Hacking of telephone systems is still big business; at least for those who sell international calls to others at your expense
Hurry up and wait
Dec 23rd
ICASA is putting the brakes on its scarce spectrum assignment plans to accommodate the minister’s policy directive on the matter
ICASA reveals plans for spectrum assignment
Dec 14th
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa revealed its plans for the assignment of spectrum in the 800Mhz and 2.6GHz bands
186Gbps: World data transfer record
Dec 14th
High-energy physicists demonstrate the efficient use of long-range networks to support cutting-edge science
