Broadband

Last year, the Competition Tribunal prohibited Vodacom’s purchase of a stake in Remgro’s fibre businesses — Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). But then, South Africa’s minister…

The Telkom-Rain deal is still on the table but analysts are divided on whether it will be successful

MTN SA has made two new executive appointments, in its technology and fibre divisions, as part of its efforts for it to grow its fibre business

The new mobile licence conditions, which insist networks provide educational content for free, will start to bridge the digital divide

The transmission of information through particles of light may be the solution to closing the gap between the internet haves and have-nots

The issue of net neutrality isn’t black and white, displaying both positive and negative consequences

The government plans to merge several state-owned companies to form one broadband firm to fast-track internet access in the country

Lowering mobile data costs and offering free internet are some of the ways to increase accessibility to online spaces, writes Indra de Lanerolle.

The Africa Coast to Europe cable is likely the last major system to land in SA for a while, but help with redundancy and choice may bring costs down.

A delay in policy directive is raising the stakes in the telecommunications sector’s battle for high-speed spectrum.

Despite serious questions about its deal with Icasa, the firm remains hot property

The communication department has set a target of "universal" broadband access. But if it is similar to our water access, it won’t be universal at all.

Microsoft and Google are racing to fine tune a technology that could ultimately bring cheap broadband to the entire African continent.

A comment by Alphonzo Samuel, the managing executive for network infrastructure provisioning at Telkom SA.

A comment by Toby Shapshak, the editor and publisher of Stuff magazine.