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Feb 2008 |
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Telkom has confirmed that its 4 Mbps DSL subscribers will be upgraded to higher upload speeds free of charge. Telkom recently announced that it has embarked on a pilot project to test the increased upload speed of its fastest DSL 4 Mbps product. The new upload speeds will be 640 Kbps, and users will be upgraded to the higher speeds free of charge pending the successful outcome... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Cellular giant Vodacom has been accused of operating an illegal lottery in the guise of its “100 cars in 100 days” competition. Sershan Naidoo, spokesman for the National Lottery Board (NLB), said this morning that the NLB's legal team is preparing a case against Vodacom, including a cease-and-desist order against its much-advertised promotional campaign. “If a company is having... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Telkom has embarked on a pilot to increase the upload speed of its 4 Mbps ADSL service. Telkom is embarking on a pilot project to test the increased upload speed of its fastest DSL product that can download at speeds of up to 4096 kbps. This trial started on 1 February 2008. The top end ADSL offering was introduced in September 2006 and Telkom's ADSL 1024 kbps customers were... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Wireless broadband provider iBurst forecasts a “challenging” year and has, therefore, reined in its sales targets by 10%. iBurst MD Alan Knott-Craig Junior says the fluctuating rand, rising interest rates and stock market volatility led him to make the decision. “We are going to be less aggressive in terms of our sales targets, which have been adjusted downward by about 10%,”... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Telkom is testing upload speeds of 4 096kbps on its Fastest DSL offering. The pilot started at the beginning of February and customers with the ADSL 1 024kbps product will have access to the new upload rates. “This allowed customers to synchronise to a maximum downstream bit rate of 4 096kbps, depending on line lengths and copper quality, with a minimum downstream synch rate of ... |
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Feb 2008 |
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A Telkom telephone line has been dead for five months, despite complaints having been logged with the telecoms company, Mitchell Krog, a West Rand resident said on Monday. "The dead line is compromising my mother's safety. It is now almost five months since this fault has been logged yet nothing has been done to rectify the problem. This is totally unacceptable...this is a major... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Government is forging ahead with plans to lay a West Coast undersea cable in partnership with the private sector that will complement the East Coast projects, say ministers Alec Erwin and Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri.
Speaking at a parliamentary media briefing today, the two ministers, of public enterprises and communications, respectively, emphasised their departments were now working... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Vodacom clients who have run up debt totalling hundreds of thousands of rands while taking part in a competition to win one of 100 BMWs, may have been taking part in an illegal lottery. The National Lottery Board on Friday launched an urgent inquiry to determine whether or not the "100 cars in 100 days" competition, with posh BMW 320i cars as prizes, is legal. Hordes of Vodacom... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Neotel has confirmed an updated launch date for its commercial residential services. Last year Neotel said that consumers can expect a commercial residential offering in the first quarter of this year. Recent comments from the company’s Managing Director, Ajay Pandey, however cast some doubt on a launch before the end of March. Pandey told The Times this week that Neotel... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Vodacom recently announced the country-wide launch of their 3.6 Mbps HSDPA service which includes a free upgrade to the higher-speed service for a 3 month period. The launch of Vodacom’s 3.6 Mbps mobile broadband service has been held back since early August 2007 due to delays on backhaul links, something which the mobile provider currently has little control over. Whilst up... |
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Feb 2008 |
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Technology news website myadsl yesterday published Neotel's preliminary call rates. Telkom's rival, who have yet to roll out their telecommunications services in South Africa, recently filed their voice call rates with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and released them into the public domain. Myadsl drew a comparison between Neotel's charges and... |
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Feb 2008 |
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State-owned national broadband provider Infraco says its national backhaul infrastructure is in place, paving the way for Telkom's broadband monopoly to come to an end. This morning, Infraco CEO Dave Smith said the Infraco network is "ready for use". "Our fibre-optic cable infrastructure across the country is ready for launch," said Smith. "Our mandate is to provide national ... |
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Feb 2008 |
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State-owned national broadband provider Infraco says its national backhaul infrastructure is in place, paving the way for Telkom's broadband monopoly to come to an end. This morning, Infraco CEO Dave Smith said the Infraco network is "ready for use". "Our fibre-optic cable infrastructure across the country is ready for launch," said Smith. "Our mandate is to provide national ... |
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Feb 2008 |
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While SA ranks very highly in terms of connectivity internationally, it ranks very poorly in terms of Internet access and usage, as well as consumer infrastructure, a new survey commissioned by Nokia-Siemens revealed. According to the study, SA ranked fifth among the efficiency-driven economies in the World Connectivity Scorecard, the first index which examines the extent to... |
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Feb 2008 |
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The South African Internet Exchange (SAIX) is slowly rolling-out Internet protocol version six (IPv6) addresses to local customers. “SAIX has been allocated IPv6 addresses and a very limited number of trial connections are in use,” says Telkom's technical product development executive Steve Lewis. For the time being, SAIX will primarily tunnel IPv6 through IPv4, its predecess... |
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