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/ 17 January 2005
South African business owners are the second most optimistic among their peers internationally, the first results from the 2005 Grant Thornton International Business Owners Survey released on Monday reveal. Proudly at number two, South Africa beat countries such as Ireland, Australia and Canada
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/ 14 January 2005
South African fixed-line monopoly Telkom and the Department of Communications portfolio organisation noted on Friday that Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri’s liberalisation determination on public payphones was a deviation from the Telecommunications Act.
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/ 10 January 2005
Although the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) in November announced the list of 31 preferred suppliers for the R2,5-billion Seat Management Services tender, the state-owned company has not yet signed contracts with the vendors. It remains unclear when the actual procurement processes will get off the ground.
South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance has said Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri is to blame for what has been described as exorbitant and monopolistic tariffs introduced by dual-listed Telkom. But the Communications Users’ Association of South Africa said the full blame should not be focused on Telkom.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Business&ao=177438">Telkom is ‘milking’ locals</a>
In expressing its dismay at Telkom’s new tariffs for 2005, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday accused the fixed-line monopoly of "milking" poor South Africans to support tourists. Telkom has increased the cost of local calls and calls to cellphones while reducing international rates.
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/ 22 December 2004
The value of South Africa’s information communications and technology (ICT) sector is estimated to have grown by 9,7% to R45,6-billion in 2004. It is expected to rise by 8,8% in 2005. Microsoft South Africa notes that salaries in the industry are almost five times higher than South Africa’s average salaries.
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/ 13 December 2004
Musica has launched South Africa’s first large-scale music download service on its website. It is comparable with any overseas service, legal and priced affordably for the country’s market, the music retail group announced on Monday. Music lovers will be able to download songs of their choice for R10 a track.
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/ 6 December 2004
South African unlisted firm Hymax Telecoms looks set to reduce telecommunications costs by up to 40% from 2005 on the back of the imminent deregulation, Hymax chief operating officer John van den Munckhof said on Monday. The firm provides telecoms solutions and services to South African companies.
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/ 19 November 2004
The statutory Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has called for comment from interested parties on its discussion document issued this month regarding fixed-line telephone price-cap regulations. Icasa spokesperson Vimla Maistry on Friday said the closing date for comments is December 7.
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/ 18 November 2004
Following a flurry of comments around Telkom’s proposed tariffs for 2005, Telkom spokesperson Ravin Maharaj on Thursday said public hearings into the proposed Telkom price controls will be held in December. The group has announced that it has filed for an average tariff increase of 0,2%.