Several of South Africa's major mobile networks plan to expand their 5G coverage and upgrade backup power systems to better cope with load-shedding in 2023. Rotational power outages were an immense challenge for mobile network operators in 2022.

World Wide Worx and Mastercard's online retail study revealed that South Africa reached R55 billion in 2022, a 35% year-on-year increase. Online sales growth was driven by a boom in demand for home deliveries which started during the extended lockdowns.

Towards the end of 2022, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) issued several notices about proposed changes to radio frequency assignments.

According to several of the country’s biggest fibre network operators (FNOs), network expansions, price cuts, and speed upgrades are in the pipeline for home fibre users in 2023.

Qualcomm and Iridium entered into an agreement to bring satellite-based connectivity to next-generation premium Android smartphones; Garmin looks forward to collaborating with support for emergency messaging.

South Africans are facing another decade of rolling blackouts, and we have joined Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Lebanon as a country with an unstable electricity supply.

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) experienced serious network problems, which caused SLA breaches and forced it to put new installations on hold.

MTN Group recently announced it had entered a strategic alliance with Microsoft to serve the African continent with superior solutions and value offerings.

Dimension Data and parent company NTT have launched legal action against six former executives and three other individuals involved in the sale of The Campus.

Telkom has informed shareholders that it has terminated discussions relating to Rain's proposal about a potential acquisition. "After initial discussions, but prior to any due diligence, the parties have decided that a suitable transaction is not possible at this time," Telkom said in a notice on the JSE news service.