According to GlobalData, an analytics and data company, Starlink is set to launch in 14 new African markets by 2025, which will intensify the pressure on traditional telecom incumbents. This ...
Broadcast Media Africa has learnt that telecom service providers Vodacom and Orange have launched Africa's first rural TowerCo partnership. Through this collaboration, the companies will build, own, and manage solar-powered ...
In 2024, South Africa's major telecommunications companies significantly enhanced their mobile 5G connectivity and performance, marking a notable shift in the industry. While earlier challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic and ...
According to Ralph Mupita, the group's CEO, MTN, Africa's biggest mobile operator, is exploring partnerships with low-Earth-orbit satellite providers to bring internet connections to rural and remote customers. LEO satellites ...
South Africa's biggest telecoms operator, Vodacom, opened a new tab recently and said it would not look into other M&A deals after its proposed merger with fibre group Maziv was ...
Vodacom has recently launched 10 new base station sites, comprising two 5G and eight 4G LTE networks, aimed at enhancing connectivity for numerous residents in Malamulele, Polokwane, Lebowakgomo, Burgersfort, and ...
Vodacom has announced its intention to potentially appeal a decision by the Competition Tribunal that halted its plans to acquire a stake in Vumatel and DFA's parent company through a ...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that public hearings regarding the transfer of key network and spectrum licenses from Cell C to The Prepaid Company (TPC) ...
In South Africa, Cell C Chief Technology Officer Schalk Visser recently announced that the company is conducting 5G tests with its network partners, Vodacom and MTN. In addition to this, ...
Petrus Potgieter, a decision sciences professor at Unisa and an associated partner at telecoms consultancy Strand Consult, has proposed that streaming entertainment giants like Netflix should pay South African telecommunications ...