Communications regulator Icasa has retracted a suggestion by one of its councillors that South Africa’s mobile operators may be colluding over new data expiry rules, an embarrassing climbdown for the authority three days after the claim was aired in parliament. In a statement late on Friday, Icasa said it had received “numerous requests for clarification”…
SpaceX plans to build ground-based network infrastructure and turn Starlink into a full mobile service, president Gwynne Shotwell said on Tuesday — a shift that knocked shares in the largest US wireless carriers and puts the satellite operator on a collision course with terrestrial mobile networks. The company bought 65MHz of wireless spectrum licences from…
MTN Ghana said the proceedings do not affect its operations, services or Mobile Money business. MTN Group and fintech firm Clydestone Ghana are locked in a legal dispute over the alleged unauthorised use of intellectual property linked to the West African country’s mobile money sector. Clydestone this week filed a writ of summons and statement…
South Africa has, for the first time, formally earmarked the entire upper 6GHz band for mobile networks, handing operators a potential 700MHz of prime mid-band spectrum and settling – at least directionally – a global tug of war between the cellular industry and Wi-Fi advocates over the most valuable unassigned frequencies in telecommunications. The decision…
Absa CEO Kenny Fihla with home affairs minister Leon Schreiber Absa and the department of home affairs have launched South Africa’s first bank-based mobile unit for smart ID renewals — a vehicle that will take identity services directly into remote, peri-urban and underserved communities, starting in Gauteng. The unit, unveiled at Absa’s Tembisa branch on…
Kampala, Uganda — East Africa’s growing appetite for mobile internet continued to fuel Airtel Africa’s Mobile Services business during the quarter ended June 30, 2026, helping lift mobile services revenue to $607 million, up from $498 million in the same quarter last year. The performance reflects sustained growth in digital adoption across the region, with…
Social Coding SA partners with Stellantis SA to expand technology in schools. Stellantis South Africa has partnered with Social Coding SA to launch a mobile computer lab that will bring coding, robotics and digital literacy to learners in underserved communities. The initiative targets grade eight and nine learners, who will gain hands-on experience in digital literacy,…
rain has introduced LoopPhone and unlimited mobile, a new way to experience mobile in South Africa with unlimited mobile plans built around where people live, work and travel. LoopPhone is the first smartphone designed specifically for unlimited mobile. Launching exclusively with rain in South Africa, it combines premium hardware with software purpose-built for unlimited connectivity….
Meta has quietly soft-launched a new standalone mobile application called Pocket, a text-to-game creative platform designed around the emerging development trend of “vibe coding.” The application empowers users to build, play, and share interactive mini-games and digital experiences entirely through generative AI prompts; no coding knowledge required. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday:…
SpaceX has signalled intentions to launch a dedicated Starlink mobile service for US consumers, according to a report from the Financial Times. The aggressive expansion would position the Elon Musk-led aerospace giant to compete head-to-head with legacy terrestrial carriers Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Read: IBM unveils world’s first sub-1nm transistor architecture Currently, SpaceX operates a…
