Amazon is positioning LEO connectivity as a complement to fibre, wireless and mobile networks across South Africa and Africa. (Image created via Gemini) Amazon Leo plans to bring its direct-to-device (D2D), low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service to South Africa from around 2028, as the satellite broadband provider expands its local offerings beyond fixed connectivity. This…
Incognito Software Systems, a leading global provider of service orchestration, device management, and network intelligence solutions, today introduced NEXA, an AI-driven network intelligence and automation platform that enables broadband service providers to turn operational data into action. NEXA unifies network, device, service, and subscriber data in a single intelligence layer, delivering real-time and predictive insights…
The public opposition to artificial intelligence and data centers was front and center at the Goldman Sachs Communcacopia + Technology Conference. CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator told CNBC’s David Faber that companies haven’t explained the technology’s benefits well enough to the public. “I don’t think we have done a particularly good job of talking about the…
A technician documents fibre and CPE equipment during a home installation – the moment every sign-up is trying to reach. (Image: Splynx) For an internet service provider, a sale doesn’t happen when the truck arrives to install the router. It happens earlier – the moment a user lands on the sign-up form and decides whether…
Comsol CEO Iain Stevenson Comsol has begun selling wholesale access to a national 5G network purpose-built for home broadband, backed by a multibillion-rand fundraising round and a shareholder overhaul that has seen Nedbank Private Equity exit the company after nine years. Its backed by heavy-hitters, including Richard Came, one of the early investors in the…
I have spent 28 years in African telecommunications watching operators compete for customers. The playbook has been consistent: build the network, own the spectrum and control the customer. The assumption underneath all of it is that the company with the infrastructure wins. Capitec is about to test that assumption in the fixed broadband market, and…
Herotel will introduce Amazon’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service to South Africa under the brand name Evry, aiming for a commercial launch in 2027. CEO Van Zyl Botha confirmed that Herotel will serve as the importer of record, absorbing foreign currency risks on hardware terminals while maintaining stable retail pricing over an initial three-year…
Despite missing its annual target, BBI delivered a stronger-than-expected final quarter, generating revenue of R290 million. State-owned broadband infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco (BBI) ended the 2025/26 financial year below its revenue target despite a strong fourth-quarter recovery. The company says the loss of a major customer contract and delays to key government connectivity projects weighed…
A Starlink terminal in the remote Kalahari. Image: Jannie van Zyl On Monday, South Africa’s communications regulator gave prospective satellite operators an unusually candid piece of advice: if you want to run a constellation service such as Starlink in this country, do not expect a new network licence from us – go and buy one…
Communications department director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani Government’s flagship broadband programme, SA Connect, was effectively frozen for most of the past financial year after funding the communications department had been counting on failed to arrive on time – with the in-year allocation collapsing from an expected R1.1-billion to just R116-million. Communications & digital technologies director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani…
