SA could see lowered data costs by August 2018
Only 17% of those living in Southern African countries have access to the internet.
Only 17% of those living in Southern African countries have access to the internet.
Dlodlo address ICT industry leaders and delegates at the SADC ICT Ministers’ Meeting in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services said the investment is significant because it saves Cell C.
Minister of Telecoms and Postal Services is one of 52 global Broadband Commissioners drawn from leaders presenting in Hong Kong.
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee recommends urgent colloquium to discuss Openserve-style approach for mobile.
South Africans in rural areas can go as far as sacrificing basic needs such as food and electricity to buy data and airtime.
A tender that was meant to connect government institutions and schools to the internet has been cancelled and the DA wants to know why.
In support of the state’s “e-government” drive, South Africa needs to grow an “indigenous” information and communications technology (ICT) industry characterized by local content including manufacturing, issues of content and large scale accessibility to the internet to grow small and emerging enterprises including those in the rural and township areas.
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has again failed to connect any school or government building to broadband internet.
Telkom joins the DTPS by considering legal action against Icasa for its invitation to apply for the auctioning of spectrum.
Staff at the regulator went on strike after demanding a pay increase of 7% as well as bonus pay – which it wanted back-date to 2014.
The regulator won’t be drawn into a public spat with the the Minister over the auctioning off of spectrum in the country.