Amid the surge of social media rumours linking coronavirus to 5G technologies, some platforms have stepped up the fight against the baseless claims.

The authority reviews how it conducts its business, suspends all public hearings, local and international travel.   

Vodacom adheres to the Competition Commission’s recommendations, agreeing to substantially reduce monthly data bundles, saving consumers R2.7 billion.

Parliament’s communications team makes headway in filling the vacancies on the ICASA council, kicking off the interview stage this week.

Minister Tito Mboweni reveals ICASA will be appropriately capacitated for the spectrum licensing process.

President Cyril Ramaphosa reveals licensing of the government-proposed WOAN is likely to be completed sometime next year.

Having been the first network to commercially launch 5G in Africa through Vodacom Lesotho, the telco expects to launch 5G in SA this year.

The company believes more service providers in the Middle East and Africa region will this year adopt 5G tech in their operations.

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

The move is to determine the impact of the data-expiry regulations, introduced earlier this year, on all relevant stakeholders.

The governing party urges speedy action to ensure the findings and recommendations on mobile data pricing are implemented.

Mobile operators are likely to get their hands on spectrum to enable faster and widespread broadband services towards the end of next year, says the regulator’s chief exec.