The week in review

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The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has been running a marketing campaign touting e-tolls on Gauteng’s roads as pleasantly inexpensive, but opposition to the system said recent newspaper adverts are a “pathetic attempt” to hoodwink the public. Sanral has published an advertisement in various publications that positions the financial implications of e-tolls on motorists as “better than expected”. – ITWeb

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The Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill, which will enable the implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng, is now at the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), as it moves closer to becoming law. However, there is no indication as to when the Bill, which allows for the collection of e-tolls, will become law, as there are several steps that need to be taken first. – ITWeb

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Ryan Miles, Itec
Local office automation and communications group, Itec has become a fully-fledged telecommunications services provider, through a partnership that it expects to propel the business to new heights within SA’s rapidly growing telecoms landscape. Ryan Miles, Itec COO, says the company’s February acquisition of a majority stake in local telecoms provider Songimali Communications – a licensed telecoms provider – essentially positions Itec as a tier one provider. – ITWeb

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Three Pretoria suburbs were left without telephone services due to copper theft. According to Telkom, customers in Danville, Elandspoort and Phillip Nel Park experienced service disruptions due to an incident of copper theft at one of the telco’s exchanges in the area. While about 650 residential and business customers (exchange code 238) were affected, Telkom said no hospitals or other essential services were affected. – ITWeb

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The Independent Communications Authority of SA says the high cost of IP Connect (IPC) could be a barrier to competition in SA’s fixed-line Internet sector. This comes in response to the Internet Service Providers’ Association’s urgent call for the authority to step in and do something about the steep costs involved in ISPs providing connectivity to end-users. – ITWeb

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