Ericsson-backed BWired, which is building a R1,2bn fibre-optic network that will connect government buildings and businesses in the Johannesburg metropolitan area and serve as a wholesale network to telecommunications operators, is on target for commercial switch-on in the second quarter
Author: Craig Wilson
First National Bank customers who are registered for the bank’s cellphone banking service can now check their balances and purchase airtime along with SMS, data and BlackBerry bundles using social media website Facebook. The service does not allow for payments to
Incredible Connection, one of the country’s largest IT retailers, is launching a string of small outlets in outlying towns and other remote areas of SA that it says will allow consumers in these areas to get access to a wide range of technology products while growing the company’s customer base
It’s been a busy year for Microsoft. The company has taken the wraps off Windows 8, talked up its forthcoming Surface tablet computers, bought enterprise social network Yammer, made updates to its search service Bing and commercially launched its cloud-based Office 365 suite
Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia pioneered cameras in mobile phones. Now it’s looking to set the standard again with the 41-megapixel shooter in its Pureview 808 handset. The phone boasts the highest resolution camera ever seen in a handset, but is that enough reason to consider the device, particularly
Deon Liebenberg, until last week the MD of Samsung Electronics in SA, has been appointed as the head of Telkom Business Mobile with immediate effect.
Liebenberg headed up Samsung in SA for the past year. Liebenberg will report to Telkom Business MD Brian Armstrong. Liebenberg joined
The department of trade & industry released its black economic empowerment (BEE) charter for the technology sector last month and it takes force with immediate effect. Although some companies in the sector already comply, others will have to move quickly if they’re to meet its stringent requirements
MultiChoice has updated its DStv Mobile TV offering with a new piece of hardware designed for Apple’s iPod, iPhone and iPad devices. The appropriately named iDrifta offers users up to 15 channels and uses the “digital video broadcasting handheld” broadcast technology so no data charges are incurred when
Start-up website builder MHub wants to allow SA businesses to create a mobile site for their company in minutes so that they can harness the growing number of consumers who use their handsets to look for restaurants, hotels, plumbers or hairdressers. Founder Shaun Trennery is also the
A local technology start-up wants to take the hassle and confusion out of filing tax returns using the SA Revenue Service’s eFiling platform. Marc Sevitz and Evan Robinson, both 28, started TaxTim last year. The two pitched the idea to Google’s Umbono