Pule added she expects that this strategy "will result in the creation of many jobs across the continent as factories go up to manufacture the boxes." The STBs would be needed to receive a digital signal on old-style analogue broadcast television sets. "South Africa's information technology sector," she said "is a leader in the fields of electronic banking services, pre-payment, revenue management and fraud prevention systems, and in the manufacture of set-top boxes (STBs)." Digital migration is expected to be completed by June 2015, The New Age says.
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