SA's dynamic spectrum breakthrough has massive implications, says Paul Colmer, executive member of WAPA.
ITWeb TV 2025 Wrap-Up: Top Tech Talks on AI, Connectivity & Skills | Ep #128
In 2025, ITWeb TV produced an impressive 45 videos featuring South Africa's top tech leaders, policymakers, and innovators. Hosts Sim Mzekandaba and Sam Mungadze wrapped up the year by reflecting on their standout interviews, highlighting key themes shaping the country's digital future: the transformative potential of AI across Africa, the urgent need to modernize outdated ICT policies, bridging rural connectivity gaps through satellite tech and school STEM hubs.
Some of Telkom’s universal service and access obligations have become obsolete, necessitating a review of its legacy responsibilities, says the regulator.
The new sites form part of Vodacom’s Rural Coverage Acceleration Programme and will be rolled out in 11 district municipalities.
Rural connectivity is key to growing the economy and empowering communities, which is why a partnership like OpenServe and Quadrupleplay’s is so vital to the future of the country.
Government can’t play favouritism with regulatory stipulations, says the parliamentary comms committee, as talks of Starlink’s SA debut reach fever pitch.
The next generation of WiFi pushes the boundaries, taking businesses into a new era of wireless connectivity, says nuclear scientist Nomso Kana.
The telecoms tower infrastructure company’s ambition is to provide coverage for an extra 20 million people by 2026.
The telco ramps up its network modernisation efforts in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, as it looks to rollout further new 5G sites in the provinces.
The South African government has set a target of millions of households enabled by WiFi hotspots in the next three to four years.
The bulk of the investment will be used to deploy new base stations, improve network capacity and roll out 5G.
Connectivity disparities took centre stage yesterday at a tech entrepreneur conference in Cape Town.
The Mamaila Community Network connects six rural Limpopo villages despite the project being marred by allegations of funds misuse.