Sub-Saharan Africa has the most expensive broadband prices

Weather conditions permitting, it is anticipated the vessel will reach its first repair site on the evening of 28 January.

The global broadband body examines new financing models that would help accelerate “meaningful universal connectivity” across the world.

The governing party prioritises the release of high-demand spectrum to boost the economy and lower mobile data costs.  

The carrier partnership will provide expanded network connectivity between Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

The Telkom subsidiary cannot give clear timelines on when the broken subsea cable systems will be fully restored.

The companies have announced the joint launch of the first 5G SA network in East Africa.

The company will use its 3.5GHz spectrum asset to build the 5G network and provide nationwide 5G wholesale services.

Angola Cables trials Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 chipset for the first direct optical connection between the US and Africa.

The 6GHz frequency band utilisation as envisioned by the WiFi community will make large contiguous blocks of spectrum available, says Andre Kannemeyer, CTO at Duxbury Networking.

The comms minister schedules an urgent meeting with Telkom following reports the telecoms giant plans to trim its workforce.

The company liaises with the WACS and SAT3/WASC consortiums to determine the cause of the simultaneous loss of service on both cable systems. 

A forensic investigation into the e-government department’s specialised ICT skills programme results in the suspension of two senior managers.