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MTN, Lynk make Africa's first satellite voice call using smartphone

Telecoms & Networks

MTN, Lynk make Africa's first satellite voice call using smartphone

28 Mar 2025

MTN Group and Airtel Africa agree to share networks in Uganda and Nigeria

Telecoms & Networks

MTN Group and Airtel Africa agree to share networks in Uganda and Nigeria

27 Mar 2025

What's behind NAP Africa's unprecedented 5Tbps traffic surge?

Cloud

What's behind NAP Africa's unprecedented 5Tbps traffic surge?

4 Mar 2025

From speed to smiles: Redefining CX in telecoms

CRM, CX, UX

From speed to smiles: Redefining CX in telecoms

Issued by Ask Afrika 23 Jan 2025

Economy

Seamless, secure payment solutions for a stress-free holiday season

Clinton Leask 10 Dec 2024

Free hotline to report the sale of fake or expired food

Regulatory

Free hotline to report the sale of fake or expired food

5 Dec 2024

SpaceX extends lead with first direct to cell Starlink constellation complete

Telecoms & Networks

SpaceX extends lead with first direct to cell Starlink constellation complete

Lindsey Schutters 5 Dec 2024

Source: Microsoft Designer

Internet

SA fibre providers are bridging the connectivity gap

David Coleman 24 Oct 2024

Discovery takes first 2 places on Ask Afrika Orange Index winners podium

CRM, CX, UX

Discovery takes first 2 places on Ask Afrika Orange Index winners podium

Issued by Ask Afrika 29 Aug 2024

Vodacom said that it has exhausted other options and is pursuing court action.

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom goes to war against spectrum pooling

Lindsey Schutters 30 May 2024

Robert van Breukelen, COO at Itemate Solutions

Mobile & Apps

Why telcos are the new banks in Africa’s mobile revolution

Robert van Breukelen 27 Mar 2024

Telecoms & Networks

#MWC24: All the trends that mattered in Barcelona

Lindsey Schutters 5 Mar 2024

Praveen Govender is chief sales and marketing officer at DFA, a subsidiary of Maziv

Telecoms & Networks

#Sona2024 response: SA must unleash telco potential for economic growth

Praveen Govender 18 Feb 2024

Ask Afrika Orange Index 2023 survey reveals that CX becoming crucial for business success

Research

Ask Afrika Orange Index 2023 survey reveals that CX becoming crucial for business success

Issued by Ask Afrika 10 Oct 2023

Telecoms & Networks

MTN invests R5bn to keep customers connected during load shedding

Nqobile Dludla 4 Oct 2023

Mobile & Apps

MTN fintech arm pushes into remittances, business payments

Nqobile Dludla 29 Sep 2023

E-commerce growth in SA was inevitable. Source: Andrea Picqaudio/Pexels

Services

What is driving the e-commerce surge in SA?

22 Aug 2023

Outdoor Network: Flipping the switch on load shedding

OOH

Outdoor Network: Flipping the switch on load shedding

Issued by Provantage 7 Jul 2023

Source © Ibnu Chaidir Gaffar The date for the switching off of all analogue broadcasting services above 694MHz is set for 31 July, with 31 December 2023 set as the end of the dual-illumination period and the date to switch-off the remaining analogue broadcasting services below the 694MHz frequency

Digital

SA analogue switch-off date gazetted

19 Jun 2023

SA fights to keep phone networks up as lights go out

Telecoms & Networks

SA fights to keep phone networks up as lights go out

Nqobile Dludla 5 Apr 2023

South Africa's biggest-ever mobile network quality test kicks off

Telecoms & Networks

South Africa's biggest-ever mobile network quality test kicks off

Issued by Broad Media 27 Mar 2023

Streaming

Load shedding is killing prime time television

Leslie Adams 20 Mar 2023

Source: © Oleksandr Pidvalnyi The digital switchover process from analogue to digital TV has marooned in Africa

TV

Analogue to digital switchover in Africa process marooned

15 Dec 2022

Consolidation continues to drive the telecoms sector

Telecoms & Networks

Consolidation continues to drive the telecoms sector

Matone Ditlhake 14 Sep 2022

Why data management is key to unlocking the digital transition of African banks

Data & Analytics

Why data management is key to unlocking the digital transition of African banks

Gary Allemann 12 Sep 2022

Icasa prepares to release more spectrum for mobile operators

Telecoms & Networks

Icasa prepares to release more spectrum for mobile operators

19 Aug 2022

Halfway into a 'not so happy' 2022

Media

Halfway into a 'not so happy' 2022

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 7 Jun 2022

Icasa linking SIM cards to biometrics - how new regulations aim to keep consumers safe

Mobile & Apps

Icasa linking SIM cards to biometrics - how new regulations aim to keep consumers safe

10 May 2022

Telkom reaches out-of-court settlement with Icasa

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom reaches out-of-court settlement with Icasa

11 Apr 2022

MTN gets approval to sell its towers to IHS

Telecoms & Networks

MTN gets approval to sell its towers to IHS

10 Mar 2022

South Africa's fastest mobile operators and ISPs revealed

Telecoms & Networks

South Africa's fastest mobile operators and ISPs revealed

19 Jan 2022

Image source: Thought Catalog from

Internet

Eswatini tells mobile operators to suspend Facebook access after protests

Lunga Masuku 22 Oct 2021

A shopper walks past a Telkom shop at a mall in Johannesburg, file. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Corporate & Commercial Law

Icasa to fight Telkom's temporary spectrum lawsuit

Nqobile Dludla 13 Oct 2021

Music streamers turn to telcos to make Africa pay

Telecoms & Networks

Music streamers turn to telcos to make Africa pay

12 Oct 2021

Robocall fraud to cost consumers $40bn globally in 2022

Cybersecurity

Robocall fraud to cost consumers $40bn globally in 2022

27 Sep 2021

Telkom group CEO Sipho Maseko. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom calls for 'fair and transparent' new spectrum auction rules

Nqobile Dludla 9 Sep 2021

Icasa halts spectrum licensing auction

Telecoms & Networks

Icasa halts spectrum licensing auction

7 Sep 2021

Icasa says emergency spectrum ends 30 November

Telecoms & Networks

Icasa says emergency spectrum ends 30 November

31 Aug 2021

Ethio Telecom's mobile money lures 4 million in first month

Telecoms & Networks

Ethio Telecom's mobile money lures 4 million in first month

30 Jun 2021

E-payments are the catalyst for a global cashless society

Fintech

E-payments are the catalyst for a global cashless society

2 Jun 2021

Icasa extends use of emergency radio frequency spectrum

Telecoms & Networks

Icasa extends use of emergency radio frequency spectrum

27 May 2021

Marcel Fouché, networking and storage general manager, Networks Unlimited Africa.

Technology

New 5G backhaul economy

Marcel Fouché 11 Feb 2021

How to drive competitive advantage with location-based intelligence

Data & Analytics

How to drive competitive advantage with location-based intelligence

Gary Allemann 14 Dec 2020

Fibre or 5G - which is better?

Telecoms & Networks

Fibre or 5G - which is better?

Shane Chorley 6 Nov 2020

Orange Campus Africa - new African e-learning platform launches

E-learning

Orange Campus Africa - new African e-learning platform launches

30 Sep 2020

Artist Kudakwashe Chigodo poses for a portrait with his smartphone in Harare. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images.

Mobile

How apps on mobile phones are changing Zimbabwe's talk radio

Stanley Tsarwe 3 Aug 2020