Tag: South Africa
Amazon Web opens second Africa office in Nigeria
Amazon Web Service (AWS), Amazon's data centre, has opened its second African-based office in Lagos, Nigeria.
This comes seven years after it opened the first...
Planned 2G, 3G switch-off in South Africa, Telcos want debate
South Africa’s biggest telecommunications operators, Vodacom, MTN and Telkom, have called for more consultation over government’s plan to terminate 2G and 3G services by 2025.
The...
South Africa may bid 2G, 3G goodbye by 2025
South Africa's Communications Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has proposed a switch off of 2G cellular networks by June 2024 and 3G networks by March 2025,...
ICASA to license more broadband spectrum
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has kicked off the process of making more radio frequency spectrum available to telecommunications operators wanting...
New App to tackle potholes launched in SA
South Africa’s government has launched an app to tackle potholes in a more decisive way.Â
The app allows road users to report potholes to the...
2G, 3G to be shut down in South Africa
South African Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the government wants South Africa to start working on an official timeline to shut...
Huawei South Africa to Invest $5.8-Million in SMEs
Huawei South Africa has announced that its third data centre availability zone is set to go live three years ahead of schedule, as well...
State capture probe in South Africa ends
Almost four years, R1-billion and more than 5 000 pages of findings later, the judicial inquiry into corruption during former President Jacob Zuma’s rule is...
South Africa to ban importation of 2G phones
The government of South Africa has declared its intention to ban the importation of 2G devices into that country by March 2023.
South African...
South Africa: Floods knock out telecoms infrastructure in
The devastating floods that hit KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend and on Monday have knocked out 500 MTN towers, 400 Vodacom towers and 230 Telkom...