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Seacom carries extra traffic as WACS outage continues

The Seacom cable system is now carrying a large amount of SA’s international Internet traffic after the breaking of the West Africa Cable System.
Admire Moyo
3:00
Vodacom
Mar 31, 2020

Explosive growth for Vodacom e-School platform amid lockdown

The mobile operator says user registrations have gone up by over 1 000% compared to previous historic periods, nearing one million users.

Samuel Mungadze
3:50
5G
Mar 31, 2020

5G will help create a greener world

5G is more than just fast and fat broadband. It’s the start of a world with greener mobile networks.

Axiz
1:00
ICASA
Mar 30, 2020

ICASA extends operators’ existing spectrum licences

The requlator resolves to grant all radio frequency spectrum licence holders an extension to renew their licences amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

Staff Writer
4:10
Vodacom
Mar 30, 2020

Some MTN, Vodacom stores remain open during lockdown

SA’s leading mobile carriers say the telecoms industry has been designated an essential service and they are taking this responsibility seriously.

Samuel Mungadze
2:30
FNB
Mar 30, 2020

Free data from FNB Connect during lockdown

The bank offers 1GB free data to customers during the nationwide lockdown, as SA looks to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Admire Moyo
3:30
Free Market Foundation
Mar 30, 2020

Free Market Foundation calls for more spectrum, defends telcos

The liberal think tank says recent recommendations by the Competition Commission for the operators to cut data prices by half are misplaced.

Samuel Mungadze
1:50
West Africa Cable System
Mar 30, 2020

Liquid Telecom ensures continuity of service

The company mitigated network outages due to unexpected loss of connectivity following a recent break in the West Africa Cable System undersea cable.

Liquid Telecom
4:10
WACS cable
Mar 30, 2020

Vessel departs to fix WACS cable as ISPs re-route traffic

While South African Internet service providers redirect traffic, a cable vessel is on its way to fix the broken West Africa Cable System.

Admire Moyo
3:30
Quantum entanglement
Mar 30, 2020

Scientists make quantum leap to revolutionise secure comms

A team of researchers demonstrates a new method of generating and detecting quantum-entangled photons at a wavelength of 2.1 micrometres.

Admire Moyo
2:10
WACS
Mar 28, 2020

SA’s ISPs report slow Internet speeds after WACS cable break

Internet service providers warn South Africans to expect slow speeds after the breaking of the West Africa Cable System.

Admire Moyo
3:20
Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
Mar 27, 2020

Govt bans mobile data price surge, number portability during lockdown

The communications ministry declares new regulations, prohibiting the increase of mobile data prices and mobile number portability during the nationwide lockdown.

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba
 
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