Octotel, the Western Cape’s leading fibre provider, is revolutionising internet connectivity in the province by spearheading the connection of Cape Town townships with fibre internet, one house at a time.

System upgrade paves the way for future growth while delivering scalability, availability and speed.

However, growth across different segments was uneven, with some seeing exceptional growth while others declined.

In a boon to wireless internet service providers, communications regulator Icasa has officially opened a big portion of the 6GHz band to Wi-Fi applications.

South African operators use less spectrum and carrier bands at night, while the 4G signal strength is also the weakest at night.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has approved at least one part of the customer equipment needed to use SpaceX’s Starlink in South Africa.