Author: Duncan McLeod

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’s fixed-line voice revenue has plummeted in the past year, falling by more than 13,4%, or almost R1,1bn. In its financial year to 31 March 2015, Telkom reported fixed-line voice usage revenue of less than R6,9bn, down from R7,9bn a year ago

Telkom has a more than a million broadband digital subscriber line users for the first time. The telecommunications operator revealed on Monday that it had cracked this number in its financial year ended 31 March 2015. Telkom introduced DSL in South

In a little over seven weeks, Microsoft will deliver what is set to be the last big version upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system. It will mark the end of an era of packaged operating systems

In the latest episode of South Africa’s leading technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about First National Bank’s long-awaited launch into mobile telecommunications as a virtual network operator. They look at

First National Bank has recently begun issuing credit cards with embedded “tap and go” near-field communication technology. “FNB can confirm at all new FNB credit cards that are being issued are enabled with

Cape Town has a new fibre-to-the-home provider. Octotel, founded by entrepreneurs Joe Botha and Michael Pollock, plans to provide broadband access at speeds of up to 1Gbit/s, starting in

On 15 June, First National Bank will become the first major banking brand in South Africa to launch a mobile virtual network operator and take on South Africa’s incumbent mobile operators. Years in the

Telkom on Thursday announced plans to offer uncapped LTE broadband to consumers in selected suburbs at prices starting at R599/month for early adopters. But there are a few strings attached. The operator says the The SmartBroadband

Telkom is claiming to be the first operator in South Africa to launch uncapped high-speed wireless broadband based on LTE. To be launched on 10 June as part of a promotional offer, packages will be capped at 150 users per base station to ensure a good

MTN has cut the price of its popular low-cost Steppa 2 smartphone by 20%, from R999 to R799, a day after rival Vodacom launched its new Smart 6 smartphone, which retails for R799. The operators are keen to get everyone off older feature phones