Author: Duncan McLeod

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry is apparently giving serious thought to the idea of releasing a device running Android. According to a report by Reuters, the move would be an acknowledgement by the company’s revamped BlackBerry 10-powered

Project Isizwe, the nonprofit behind the roll-out of free Wi-Fi in greater Pretoria, has revealed plans to offer users free on-network phone calls and free streaming movies, including the latest

Standard Bank is developing a banking application for the Apple Watch, the financial services institution said on Thursday. The app is being tested with “pilot users” and will be available to the

The LG G3 and the G2 before it were two of our favourite smartphone models of recent years. In those phones LG, the smaller Korean rival to consumer electronics behemoth Samsung, produced

Telkom on Wednesday launched its “uncapped” 4G/LTE fixed-wireless broadband service, offering “unlimited” broadband Internet access for prices starting at R599/month. An online sale on the Telkom website is offering the packages to customers

Telkom on Tuesday evening confirmed union fears that a jobs bloodbath is on the cards at the telecommunications operator. Telkom said is expects to reduce its headcount by 4 400 people

Trade union Solidarity has claimed a jobs bloodbath is looming at Telkom after the operator on Tuesday briefed it about its restructuring and retrenchment plans. “At an information session in Olifantsfontein today, the telecommunications giant announced

When Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko took the reins at the company in April 2013, it was “almost ready throw in the towel” on its loss-making mobile operation. Maseko made the remarks at the presentation

Microsoft South Africa has introduced its first sub-R1 000 smartphone. The dual-Sim Lumia 430 will cost R999 on prepaid, targeting the largest and fastest-growing segment in the smartphone market

Telkom has denied a suggestion that a new policy, which could lead to downtime for broadband asymmetric digital subscriber line switching Internet service providers, is anticompetitive. This comes after some ISPs warned their customers that