The governing party prioritises the release of high-demand spectrum to boost the economy and lower mobile data costs.
As the company begins retrenchment consultations, analysts say most of its problems emanate from protecting legacy technologies.
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 World Economic Forum’s social mobility index shows SA’s tech access ranks 69th, with an overall poor country ranking of 77th out of 82 nations.
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 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.
The expansion forms part of Frogfoot's strategy of rolling out fibre to secondary towns across South Africa.
Algeria, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe were among the worst offenders in terms of the amount of time the Internet was disrupted.