http://www.ecntelecoms.co.za/blog ECN Telecoms providing VoIP services to the business and residential communities - South Africa Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:01:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This morning Neotel suffered a major network failure resulting in a lengthy outage that has severely disrupted telecommunication services in the Johannesburg metropolitan area. It appears that a motor vehicle crashed into a telephone pole that carries the main Neotel optic fibre link between their data center in Johannesburg and ... http://www.ecntelecoms.co.za/blog/neotel-suffers-a-major-network-failure.html Communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri’s appeal against the August 29 Altech judgment is merely a thinly disguised attempt to protect the incumbent operators from competition. Even worse, it means that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) now has an excuse not to issue the new electronic communication licences that would ... http://www.ecntelecoms.co.za/blog/in-my-view-ivy%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98outrageous%e2%80%99-appeal.html DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS provider isn’t listening to you, or simply doesn’t understand your business? Unfortunately, the attitude of incumbent telcos in South Africa is based on a take it or leave it, ‘one size fits all’ mentality. If you recognise this scenario, then the good news is that ... http://www.ecntelecoms.co.za/blog/aligning-network-capabilities-and-cultural-attitudes.html Two years after the Electronic Communications Act (ECA) came into effect, ICASA has finally issued the new electronic communications licences. However, until ICASA introduce the pro-competitive regulations mandated in the ECA, the issuance of the new licenses will have minimal impact on the industry, as licensees will still be ... http://www.ecntelecoms.co.za/blog/regulatory-roadblock.html