On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Telkom’s new LIT zero-rated music and video streaming plans and what they mean for the market. Also this week, HTC is on the chopping
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Duncan McLeod
Duncan McLeod is founder and managing editor of TechCentral. With more than 30 years of experience in technology journalism, he has worked for and contributed to a range of publications, including the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times.
Telkom has taken the wraps of LIT, offering consumers zero-rated access to a large range of popular video and audio streaming services, including Netflix and Showmax. The new service, available to Telkom FreeMe mobile
The revelation on Wednesday that finance minister Malusi Gigaba is considering selling a big chunk or possibly even all of government’s 39.3% in Telkom, at face value, is fantastic news. There is absolutely no reason for government
Speculation is swirling that the Guptas’ biggest asset in the ICT sector, Sahara Computers, is either up for sale or could even soon be closed down. Several industry sources, who say they have knowledge of the situation
Altron, the JSE-listed group that is repositioning itself exclusively as an ICT sector player as part of a turnaround plan, will finalise the disposal of non-core assets by the end of its 2018 financial year. Group CEO Mteto Nyati
The Competition Commission has launched a market inquiry into data services, a move that could result in a big shake-up in the way mobile operators charge for and structure their data plans. The inquiry comes as pressure
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by Andrew Fraser to chat about the week’s biggest local and international technology news. On the menu this week: Icasa’s attempts to
Tour2.0, an online tourism start-up that has created curated South African travel “experiences” aimed at both foreign tourists and locals interested in finding more about the country, has revealed plans to expand into at least five
Two former high-flying IT services companies have been the laggards on the JSE in 2017 so far. EOH and Adapt IT have underperformed all other IT stocks, falling by 33.9% and 42.4% respectively to mid-August. The two companies have fallen
There is little argument that when communications regulator Icasa cut mobile call termination rates – the per-minute charges operators levy on each other to carry calls between their networks – there was