The regulator's engineering and technical department is at less than 50% staff capacity.
Altech Alcom Matomo will build and operate Gauteng's broadband network for the next five years.
Mark Simpson is leaving the sub-sea cable operator for personal reasons.
The companies will deploy a new 1 000km undersea cable system linking Tripoli to Benghazi.
The telco's wholesale unit introduces a further reduction in the cost of IP Connect for Internet service providers.
The elections - and their aftermath - will see technology priorities take a back seat this year.
Freeing up the spectrum will bring broadband coverage to everyone in South Africa, says Mitchell Barker, CEO of WhichVoIP.co.za.
The cable operator eyes investment opportunities in Botswana, Malawi, Burundi, Uganda, Djibouti and Ethiopia.
The company will expand its network into Botswana and the DRC.
The Alliance for Affordable Internet measured communications infrastructure across 46 nations to gauge affordability.
Wireless ISPs can extend their coverage areas to new areas faster and with lower capital costs than would be required to extend ADSL and fibre infrastructure, says WAPA.
Telkom is investing R12 billion in its next-generation high-speed broadband network.