Government pins its hopes on an ICT commission, as it looks to dust off SA's patchy progress in ICT and keep up with rapid tech changes.
The Internet Service Providers' Association sees SA's telecoms regulation as endless sets of policy implementation decisions and failures.
Connectivity is high on the agenda as South African businesses evolve in their digital transformation journey, says Vino Govender, acting chief strategy officer at Dark Fibre Africa.
It has deployed this in its IP/MPLS data centre core POPs Teraco Johannesburg and Teraco Cape Town, to support the growth of the African Internet.
The agency calls time on being abused for following principled processes, and seeks an investigation into the Eastern Cape's broadband project.
In his first SONA tonight, President Cyril Ramaphosa said government will finalise engagements with telcos to ensure the allocation of spectrum.
The Limpopo government appoints Altron's Altech Radio Holdings to establish an affordable, secure, open access broadband network.
While the Competition Commission's inquiry into data costs is expected in August, telcos have reduced data costs slightly.
As Qualcomm continues to resist Broadcom's takeover attempts, the company readies the commercialisation of new products.
More spectrum is needed in the country if 5G networks are to see light anytime soon, says Qualcomm.
The .africa expedition team's successful summit of Mount Kilimanjaro has created awareness of the brand, says Registry Africa's Lucky Masilela.
Child protection and cyber crime are some of the key issues being highlighted in SA today as the world celebrates Safer Internet Day.