Industry body calls for radical approach to spectrum management
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa), an industry body representing 65 wireless Internet service providers, has called for a radical rethink of how scarce radio frequency spectrum is...
View ArticleInside SA’s ‘white spaces’ broadband trial
A trial network which, if successfully concluded, could have a profound impact on the delivery of broadband services to South Africans will kick off in Cape Town in the next few weeks. The network will...
View ArticleWhy SA’s ‘white-spaces’ trial matters
The television "white-spaces" trial in South Africa began at the end of March and has three partners, Google, the Wireless Access Providers' Association (Wapa) and university network organisation...
View ArticleWapa slams Vodacom, Neotel talks
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa) has come out strongly against any deal by Vodacom to buy Neotel, saying it will stifle competition, lead to job cuts and do little to reduce the...
View ArticleZero interference in TV spaces trial
Zero. Zip. Nada. That’s how much interference a television white-spaces trial in Cape Town by Google and a number of technology partners has caused since it kicked off in March. News of the success of...
View ArticleIcasa eyes new spectrum bands
Communications regulator Icasa is considering ways of opening up extremely high frequency (EHF) radio spectrum bands above 30GHz, one of its councillors, William Stucke, said at the Future Wireless...
View ArticleFrench Wi-Fi giant in SA debut
French carrier Wi-Fi specialist Nomosphere, part of the Nomotech Group, has announced plans to expand in South Africa. It will open a subsidiary in Johannesburg, its first office outside France, as it...
View ArticleSplit Vodacom, says industry body
Vodacom should be required to separate itself into distinct retail and wholesale arms, similar to the way Telkom has been required to structure itself, if the mobile operator’s proposed R7bn...
View ArticleThe case for wireless open-access networks
Open-access networks. Giving a little, to get a lot - in the long run. Various models are already used, at least in principle, in the recent South African home fibre roll-outs. Now how about...
View ArticlePast, present and future of SA telecoms
There are a number of prerequisites for the Internet (both service providers and end users) to be fully liberated in any African country. They involve the creation of Internet service provider...
View ArticleWhy Icasa must stop the spectrum auction
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...
View ArticleCommercial TV white-spaces roll-out gets under way
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...
View ArticleMillions of dollars in TV white-spaces investment at risk: Wapa
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.
View ArticleIndustry body calls for radical approach to spectrum management
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa), an industry body representing 65 wireless Internet service providers, has called for a radical rethink of how scarce radio frequency spectrum is...
View ArticleInside SA’s ‘white spaces’ broadband trial
A trial network which, if successfully concluded, could have a profound impact on the delivery of broadband services to South Africans will kick off in Cape Town in the next few weeks. The network will...
View ArticleWhy SA’s ‘white-spaces’ trial matters
The television "white-spaces" trial in South Africa began at the end of March and has three partners, Google, the Wireless Access Providers' Association (Wapa) and university network organisation...
View ArticleWapa slams Vodacom, Neotel talks
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa) has come out strongly against any deal by Vodacom to buy Neotel, saying it will stifle competition, lead to job cuts and do little to reduce the...
View ArticleZero interference in TV spaces trial
Zero. Zip. Nada. That’s how much interference a television white-spaces trial in Cape Town by Google and a number of technology partners has caused since it kicked off in March. News of the success of...
View ArticleIcasa eyes new spectrum bands
Communications regulator Icasa is considering ways of opening up extremely high frequency (EHF) radio spectrum bands above 30GHz, one of its councillors, William Stucke, said at the Future Wireless...
View ArticleFrench Wi-Fi giant in SA debut
French carrier Wi-Fi specialist Nomosphere, part of the Nomotech Group, has announced plans to expand in South Africa. It will open a subsidiary in Johannesburg, its first office outside France, as it...
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