Africa leads global Internet bandwidth growth

While the world's bandwidth has grown at 29% a year since 2018, Africa has seen a...

Satellite or fibre? Each has a place

Many parts of South Africa are still not connected to the internet, writes Vox satellite product...

Fixed broadband speed doubles in SA

Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest app, says that average fixed broadband speeds in South Africa...

APN: magic bullet for tracking

The mobile gateway technology can unlock numerous business benefits, writes GREG DE CHASTEAUNEUF, chief technology officer...

Equiano cable adds 144Tbps to Africa capacity

The arrival in SA of Google’s undersea cable will have a direct impact on connectivity throughout...

Fibre provider gets R5bn injection

Standard Bank has facilitated a deal to finance MetroFibre’s roll-out programme across South Africa

Joburg has fastest downloads in Africa

African nations still face many hurdles to modernising networks, writes SYLWIA KECHICHE of Ookla in its...

What SA can learn from connecting Venice

Cisco and Venywhere have teamed up to make Venice the ultimate hybrid working city of the...

Telkom backs off on spectrum, SA moves forward

Telkom has agreed with South Africa's communications regulator to call off its court action to halt...

Spectrum sorted, speed not yet

Six operators won lots in SA’s long-awaited spectrum auction, but we have to wait a little...

Satellites can help deal with disaster

The annual number of natural disasters is set to increase by 37% by 2025, and emerging...

SA Internet users ranked world’s 4th busiest

A report by Sortlist reveals South Africans spend over 54 days on social media per year.

Telkom launches entry-level fibre

Telkom has launched Easy Connect Fibre, an entry-level fibre solution for connectivity from home. Telkom Easy...

SA’s 5 fibre trends for 2022

By SHANE CHORLEY, head of sales and marketing at Frogfoot

SA 5G speeds show big lag

South Africa’s median download speeds on the most popular 5G devices were among the lowest measured...

5G to reach 4.4bn by 2027

Ericsson global insights reveal an almost 300-fold increase in mobile data traffic since 2011 – the...

Why 5G matters

A new guide from IDTechEx unpacks the role and potential of 5G and what to expect...

Icasa backtracks, issues new temporary spectrum

The communications regulator has reversed its stance that the circumstances that informed the issuing of the...

Lights, camera, 5G action!

With powerful camera, battery, and screen, the new Samsung 5G-enabled Galaxy A Series is a value...

Future is fast with affordable 5G Samsung devices

5G is the future and the latest Samsung Galaxy A Series devices embrace this technology in...