It’s an unpopular opinion, but South Africa actually has excellent telecommunications networks.
Hurtling at 120km/h down the freeway between Johannesburg and Durban, I’m conducting a telephonic interview with a telecommunications executive.
And of course we should complain! Let’s not settle for second best. But it’s also important to take stock of just how good we have it sometimes. Population coverage figures don’t reveal just how much of South Africa’s geographical area has some kind of mobile data connectivity compared to other countries.The widespread availability of cellular networks in South Africa unlocks tremendous opportunity., who was born and raised in the village of Ga-Mphahlele in Limpopo.Armed with a basic mobile data connection, smartphone, and computer, he learned everything he needed to land his first internship in around 18 months.
However, over 10% of that has been going towards batteries, generators, and diesel to try and keep their towers online during stage 6 load-shedding.The South African government finally gave the go-ahead for Icasa to auction off substantial portions of high-value spectrum in 2021., Vodacom and MTN had bid over R5 billion each for access to sought-after frequencies.
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