Author: Craig Wilson

Because of its spending on upgraded towers and other infrastructure, Vodacom wouldn’t have to spend heavily on equipment if it were allocated more radio frequency spectrum in new bands, group CEO Shameel Joosub says. Due to spectrum

For the first time in Vodacom’s history, the number of SMS and MMS messages sent by the mobile operator’s South African customers has declined, information accompanying its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2012 shows

In an effort to curb excessive use of the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) on its network, mobile operator MTN SA has changed its policies for the service, angering customers in the process. BIS offers unlimited on-device Web browsing and other data services for a low

Telkom was losing R144/month or more on every fixed-line in service as recently as a couple of years ago and the fixed-line operator estimates that local-loop unbundling (LLU) could lob as much as R2,2bn/year off its revenue line if the regulatory intervention is introduced

There is growing mystery surrounding telecommunications regulator Icasa’s plan to begin cracking open Telkom’s copper access network into homes and businesses to the fixed-line operator’s competitors. TechCentral has learnt that there

From cameras that allow for the three-dimensional rendering of vehicles through to the hundreds of kilometres of fibre-optic cables that link the toll gantries and control offices, Gauteng’s e-tolls project is a marvel of modern technology. Alex van Niekerk

MultiChoice, operator of satellite pay-television platform DStv and a unit of JSE-listed media giant Naspers, should be concerned about the financial problems at rival TopTV, owned by On Digital Media. Competition is good for consumers and it’s

Namibia’s largest mobile network, MTC, says it will cover 45% of the desert nation with a fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) mobile network by the end of 2013. The company also intends extending its fibre-optic network to offer direct fibre services to businesses and

Imagine you’re a retailer who wants to know the precise earnings potential of a new store in the Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg. Now imagine someone could tell you that you could expect to rake in R1,1m/day on average in sales. That level of accuracy sounds impossible

Two of SA’s big banks have committed themselves to developing mobile banking apps for Microsoft’s Windows Phone smartphone platform. It’s important for platform developers to attract local banks to their operating systems given demand from