New undersea cables will massively increase bandwidth to the continent

Internet penetration in South Africa remains sluggish due to the high cost of connectivity.

Cell C has been hit by fraud, prompting the company to suspend the accounts of hundreds of customers. But the mobile firm says it’s put things right.

Telkom’s mobile operator, 8ta, has dropped a bomb on its rivals by introducing a broadband offering of 10GB of data a month for R199 for 24 months.

Prices of bandwidth are set to fall more rapidly in the future as submarine and terrestrial fibre-optic cable developments gain momentum.