The new Equiano subsea cable will link Africa to Europe via the West Coast of Africa when it is ready for service later in 2022 Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.Liquid.Tech), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport...
Telkom has decided it will press ahead with its legal action against communications regulator Icasa’s spectrum auction, despite the risk that, if it’s successful, it could lose access to spectrum it secured through the recent licensing process. The partly state-owned telecommunications operator also warned investors on Monday that its free cash flow year to date is...
CIVH, the Remgro-controlled parent company of fibre infrastructure operators Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and Vumatel, has reported a sharp reduction in losses in its most recent reporting period. Remgro, which holds a controlling 57% stake in CIVH – or Community Investment Ventures Holdings – said the company’s contribution to its headline earnings reduced to a loss...
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the recently concluded auction of high demand radio frequency spectrum in South Africa will be catalytic for not only bridging the digital divide for those still without internet access, but also for the growth of the economy and development. Radio spectrum is used by mobile networks, television, radio stations and other...
MTN South Africa is aiming to reach 25% coverage of South Africa’s population with next-generation 5G infrastructure by the end of the year, and 60% by 2025. This is according to the company’s CEO, Charles Molapisi, who was speaking on a conference call with investors on Friday following the conclusion of communications regulator Icasa’s auction of spectrum...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has confirmed the successful conclusion of the main stage of the IMT spectrum auction, with the assignment round to determine the actual spectrum ranges scheduled to be held on 22 March 2022. The auction involved six qualified bidders – Cell C, Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa, MTN, Rain Networks, Telkom...
As telcos celebrate the allocation of spectrum at the just-ended auction, Cell C is seeking answers as to how the regulator will parcel out the wholesale open access network (WOAN). Commenting on the just-concluded spectrum allocation process by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Cell C says in many respects, the outcome was...
Communications regulator Icasa has completed the auction of high-demand spectrum for mobile broadband services, raising R14.4-billion in proceeds for the national fiscus, significantly above the R8-billion anticipated. Vodacom and MTN were by far the biggest spenders in the auction, agreeing to cough up more than R5-billion each for access to bands that will allow them to...
Huawei Cloud South Africa believes that public cloud will develop into the strongest channel for value and that South African resellers stand to gain a lot more amid an increase in cloud migration and uptake of relevant services. The Chinese multinational ICT and telecommunications firm, alongside its distribution partner Pinnacle Cloud, hosted a reseller partner...
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments plans to offload its remaining stake in fibre network operator MetroFibre Networks, it said on Thursday. ARC Investments, which is also a 20.2% shareholder in telecommunications operator Rain, holds 8.7% of MetroFibre, according to a company spokesman, who confirmed an agreement has been reached to sell the stake. It isn’t disclosing...
