Sentech has shut down the signals that allowed people in South Africa’s neigbouring countries to receive free-to-air broadcasts from the SABC and e.tv using a range of cheap, imported decoders. The decoders were able to pick up Sentech’s satellite broadcasts from its Vivid service because the signals were
Author: Craig Wilson
PC users haven’t exactly been spoilt for choice in recent years when it comes to ultraportable notebooks. Those that have been able to compete with Apple’s MacBook Air have tended to be rather pricey. But with its updated Vaio range, and particularly the new
Israeli satellite and fibre telecommunications provider Gilat is stepping up its focus on fibre-optic infrastructure in Africa and plans to establish a Johannesburg office early next year. The company continues to increase the scope and scale of its operations on the continent through
British Airways has become the first airline in Europe to allow its customers to switch on their mobile phones and other handheld electronic devices after landing, rather than only once the aircraft has come to a complete stop and its doors have been opened. Once the aircraft has cleared the runway
South Africans spent R3,3bn shopping online in 2012, a figure that’s expected to grow to R4,4bn, or by 25%, this year. But with more people having access to the Internet, the proportion of consumers who shop in this way decreased compared to 2011. Although South Africans
After four years in the planning, the post office has unveiled Trust Centre, a digital authentication service that provides reassurance of legitimacy in digital transactions and communications. Trust Centre serves as a certificate authority (CA) that issues digital certificates and holds the public key infrastructure
Free-to-air broadcasters SABC and e.tv are up in arms after an audit found the viewership figures provided by the South African Audience Research Foundation (Saarf) in recent years were allegedly inaccurate. The broadcasters claim this has cost them hundreds of millions of rand in lost advertising
MTN has launched a new suite of cloud-based business software applications in partnership with Germany’s SAP and South African software services company Britehouse. MTN Business ERP solution offers SAP’s Business One cloud-based software to its business customers and to resellers
Three counties surrounding Kenya’s planned technology megapark, Konza City, will introduce uniform bylaws aimed at stopping informal settlements from developing within a 10km radius of the project. This is according to Kenyan technology minister Fred
MTN South Africa chief technical officer Lambo Kanagaratnam is moving to a new role at the operator. Effective immediately, he will head up its enterprise business division. Airtel Africa chief technology officer Eben Albertyn has taken the reins from Kanagaratnam. Albertyn was formerly chief technology officer for MTN