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Johannesburg
15
Sep

Joburg residents can now get 500MB free Wi-Fi per day

September 15, 2020
Bradley Prior 14 September 2020 The City of Johannesburg has relaunched its free WiFi project, which comprises 84 active Joburg Free WiFi hotspots across the city. “Today we are re-launching the free #JoburgWiFi hotspots roll-out. This is after the free WiFi roll-out took a backseat in the past four years,” tweeted the City of Johannesburg. The project provides Johannesburg...
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25
Oct

City of Joburg website hacked

October 25, 2019
Source: https://www.enca.com/news/city-of-joburg-website-hacked Friday 25 October 2019 – 7:27am JOHANNESBURG – The City of Johannesburg website has been hacked. Snippet: In a twitter statement posted on Friday morning, the city said it detected a network breach resulting in unauthorised information to its network system. This has forced it to shut down its website and e-services as a security measure....
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12
Aug

5G: South Africa August 12th – Limited Availability

August 12, 2019
According to the interactive Ookla 5G Map that  tracks 5G rollouts in cities across the globe, South Africa has “Limited 5G Availability” in these two cities: Source: https://www.speedtest.net/ookla-5g-map
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27
Feb

Rain launches commercial 5G network in South Africa

February 27, 2019
Rain says that full commercial rollout is only planned for mid-2019 but that its 5G network is actually already live in Johannesburg at the moment.  1,000 5G sites in major cities in the next two years Rain’s chief strategy officer, Brandon Leigh explained at the announcement in Barcelona: “We have been live since November in...
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