A national intellectual property (IP) policy for South Africa, published this past week in draft form, outlines an approach to copyright, software and the Internet that is simultaneously sweeping and vague and, according to a legal expert, is going to encounter fierce resistance
Author: Craig Wilson
AdaptIT founder and CEO Sbu Shabalala looks far younger than his 40 years. Impeccably dressed and softly spoken, Shabalala, a Durbanite, looks more like a backroom accountant than the head of a JSE-listed IT company. Over the
Google vice-president and chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf believes regulators need to look more seriously at spectrum sharing and that an open Internet and ‘Net neutrality are crucial for innovation. Cerf, who is widely regarded as one of the fathers of the Internet, says that regulators
Recently appointed communications minister Yunus Carrim has reiterated deadlines for dealing with the most pressing issues facing the South African technology sector, including digital migration, spectrum allocation and finalising government’s broadband policy
From applications to help people learn new languages to online training portals for bankers to learn new office processes, “gamification” is in fashion. Some critics ask whether it’s as effective a model for learning as its pundits claim, but one South African company believes the results speak for themselves
Absa has added a new channel to its Internet banking portal with Absa Online Insurance, which allows customers to purchase insurance products or maintain existing ones. Customers can apply for insurance, complete the necessary applications and secure long- or short-term insurance
Microsoft South Africa has expanded its BizSpark programme, which supports small software development businesses and entrepreneurs, using money from government’s jobs fund and its own 4Afrika initiative. The company wants to help lead the creation of
There is space in South Africa’s telecommunications industry for only two mobile infrastructure operators providing next-generation wireless broadband using 4G/LTE technology, a senior industry executive has said, but a top analyst is not convinced
Internet service providers (ISPs) and their customers can look forward to reduced broadband data prices in coming months because Telkom is set to reduce its IP Connect (IPC) fees by 8% next month, the first of three reductions that form part of the terms of the settlement reached between
Communications minister Yunus Carrim wants government’s policy on radio frequency spectrum finalised by March next year, despite officials from the department of communications telling him that this timeline is unrealistic and unachievable. “With regards