The perfect storm of a power-crippled 5G roll-out will widen rather than narrow the digital divide in South Africa.
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The ongoing power crisis is starting to threaten one of the fundamental drivers of South Africa’s digital economy: Internet access.
Communications regulator Icasa is moving to make additional radio frequency spectrum available for Wi-Fi broadband.
Three industry bodies have launched an online ICT Skills Registry aimed at helping younger job seekers find employment in the technology sector.
The Wireless Access Providers Association recently called for the 6GHz band to be freed up for a technology called Wi-Fi 6E. Wapa executive Paul Colmer explains why in this podcast.
The Wireless Access Providers Association has called on government to free up the 6GHz band, claiming that doing so could drive a wave of economic growth.
South Africans who work from home, study online and try to keep their businesses alive rely on connectivity, without which it all ends. By Paul Colmer.
The Wireless Access Providers Association warned on Thursday that millions of dollars of planned investment in television white-spaces technology in South Africa is at risk over regulatory delays.
The Valley of a Thousand Hills near Durban will be the site of a commercial TV white-spaces pilot project. The backers hope it will prove the feasibility of using the technology to roll out low-cost Internet access to rural areas countrywide.
Communications regulator Icasa should reconsider its plans to licence high-demand spectrum through an auction process.
In its current form, it will make our telecommunications market less competitive and lock out the