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28 April 2022

Google and Facebook’s undersea cables great news for South Africa — Here’s why

Google’s Equiano and Facebook’s 2Africa submarine cables will likely not increase home fibre speeds or substantially affect prices. Still, they will help bring content from platforms like YouTube and Instagram closer to end-users.

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South African mobile networks will need even more spectrum — MTN CEO

MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has said that although newly assigned spectrum helps South Africa’s mobile network operators, more spectrum will likely be needed as technology advances.

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Rain still the lone wolf in uncapped mobile data

Rain is still the only mobile network operator in South Africa to offer uncapped mobile data without limiting fair usage thresholds.

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Digital nomads weigh down hiring activity in SA’s IT sector

Although IT continues to be the top-performing employment sector in South Africa, hiring activity in this area has declined by 3% in the last three months.

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MTN CEO sees consolidation as industry moves to 5G

“The days of five- or six-player markets, or even four-player markets, not just in South Africa but more broadly across our markets, are no longer sustainable,” Mupita said.

“There is not enough of a profit pool for people to … get the right return. Consolidation is inevitable because the amount of capital investment required to move from 3G to 4G and ultimately 5G is of such a nature that number threes, number fours, number fives cannot make a decent return on their invested capital.”

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LinkedIn Is Most Imitated Brand in Phishing Attacks

Microsoft’s LinkedIn professional social network platform was the No. 1 mimicked brand by attackers when leveraging phishing attacks, according to security firm Check Point.

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