Author: Craig Wilson

Banking group Absa has launched a product aimed at tech-savvy young professionals. Called Potentiate, it includes a new bank card with a digital display for showing one-time Pin numbers. The product promises various loyalty benefits and those taking it up can opt to purchase an

Telkom’s operating expenses of R15,6bn in the first half of its 2013 financial year were almost level with its revenue of R16,1bn, meaning the company could soon be lossmaking. This is the warning from chief financial officer Jacques

Roy Kruger, technical adviser to communications minister Dina Pule, says Telkom is set to stage a turnaround despite being overstaffed “like all government entities”. He says the Pule has submitted several proposals, including a recommendation, on the company’s future to cabinet. He

SouthTel Group’s planned video-on-demand service, called VOD:TV, which was first slated for launch in September 2011, will now only go live next year, a company spokesman says. VOD:TV, when it is launched, will offer consumers a range of on-demand content

With its tapered sides, polycarbonate-clad unibody design and 4,3-inch, 1 280×720-pixel display, the HTC 8X certainly looks the part. As HTC’s new flagship Windows Phone device and one of the first handsets powered by Windows Phone 8

E.tv says it is dismayed by comments made by Roy Kruger, communications minister Dina Pule’s technical advisor, about the broadcaster’s commitment to digital terrestrial television. Pule herself was quick to distance herself from the remarks

JSE-listed telecommunications operator Telkom expects headline earnings per share for the six months ended 30 September 2012 to be between 78% and 83% lower than the same period a year ago. The company issued an updated

The bulk of South African consumers continue to watch television as and when it’s broadcast, but there is growing demand not only for on-demand content but also for the ability to consume it anywhere. Also, a growing number of consumers

Pretoria-based IT School Innovation (Itsi) wants to use tablet computers in South African education and believes that e-learning shouldn’t merely turn printed content into digital format but be used to enhance teaching materials and increase engagement

Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, has reached an agreement with Google to allow its customers to access the US company’s search service, its Gmail e-mail software and social networking website Google+ for free from mobile devices. The service, called