Author: Duncan McLeod

Bad news: there is unlikely to be be a breakthrough in smartphone battery technology before the end of the decade, according to a new report. Although there will be incremental improvement in existing

The gulf between those with access to the fastest broadband speeds and those on basic speeds has widened over recent years and in the near term looks likely to increase further. This is a key finding in Deloitte’s TMT Predictions 2015 report, released this

Click-and-collect e-commerce, such as the locker system that Makro will introduce this year, is set to boom, according to a new report by Deloitte. The firm says in its TMT Predictions 2015 report, released last week, that strong growth is expected in Europe

Should Vodacom be allowed to buy Neotel? That’s the question on the lips of South Africa’s regulators and, indeed, most players in the telecommunications industry. Progress in the proposed R7bn acquisition is expected in the next few months as communications regulator Icasa and

MTN told communications regulator Icasa on Friday that it should block Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel because the deal would give the country’s largest mobile operator an unfair advantage. At public

Cell C made an impassioned plea to communications regulator Icasa on Thursday not to approve Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, warning that the deal would result in a lessening of competition

Access to radio frequency spectrum owned by Neotel would give Vodacom “some breathing room”, relaxing constraints on its ability to compete and allowing it to offer more 4G/LTE and 2G capacity on its networks

Korea’s Samsung Electronics is not buying Canada’s BlackBerry, the two companies said overnight, denying a Reuters report that an acquisition was on the cards. The newswire quoted an unnamed source as saying that Samsung had recently offered

International GPS specialist Garmin has acquired South African technology company iKubu, which is developing a radar system that alerts cyclists of what’s happening around them on the road. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. The Stellenbosch-based

Public hearings hosted by telecommunications regulator Icasa are due to commence later this week to discuss Vodacom’s acquisition of Neotel. The final decision will have far-reaching consequences, with the potential either to accelerate or inhibit the roll-out of high-speed fibre connectivity