Author: Duncan McLeod

Duncan McLeod is editor of TechCentral.

News this week that government appears finally to be making progress in publishing a policy for the allocation of radio frequency spectrum for broadband deployment is to be welcomed, even though it’s disgraceful that it’s many years late

Mark Shuttleworth is giving serious thought about a possible initial public offering or listing of Canonical, the company behind his Ubuntu Linux operating system for PCs and smartphones. This is

MTN South Africa has shut down its e-billing portal until security concerns have been addressed, the mobile operator said on Friday. “This has been implemented with immediate effect and customers will receive their bills via e-mail

South Africa’s big three mobile operators have taken a “short-term view to satisfy their shareholders” by increasing the price of their post-paid packages, a decision that could come back to haunt them in the longer term. That’s one of the conclusions

Lack of proper security in MTN’s e-billing platform means anyone can randomly access the confidential details of the operator’s customers, including their itemised billing information. The

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired South African-founded WordPress theme development and e-commerce enablement businesses WooThemes and WooCommerce. The deal is all about WooCommerce – a popular plug-on for

There was palpable anger on the streets outside MTN’s headquarters in Fairland, Johannesburg on Wednesday as hundreds of workers – mainly from the group’s call centre operations – went on strike

Growth in operating profit from continuing operations, coupled with additional proceeds from the sale of Nashua Mobile subscribers and interest earned on the full proceeds, have underpinned Reunert’s results in the six months ended March 2015