Author: Duncan McLeod

Afrihost subscribers who buy broadband ADSL bandwidth from the company have complained vociferously in recent weeks about problems achieving advertised speeds using the Internet service provider’s backbone, with many saying the experience has fallen far short of expectations. The company’s CEO, Gian Visser

It’s unlikely that online gambling in South Africa will take off for the foreseeable future as the department of trade and industry, which is responsible for the sector, is stalling over the licensing of Internet-based operators, according

Zomato, the restaurant search and discovery service active in South African cities and other cities around the world, has been valued at US$660m (about R7,2bn) through its latest capital-raising exercise. The company, founded in India, said on Wednesday that it has closed a fresh round of funding

JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion (BCX), currently the subject of a takeover by Telkom, has reported normalised headline earnings per share of 39,8c for the year ended 31 August 2014, down from 45,1c in the 2013 financial year. Normalised gross margins fell only slightly, from

Telkom has denied that it is underinvesting in its network after the company revealed on Monday that its capital expenditure in the six months to 30 September 2014 fell sharply, with capex-to-revenue coming in well below guidance provided previously. This fall in capex prompted analysts on Monday

Online radio and video entertainment are big new areas of focus for French telecommunications giant Orange in South Africa. The company already runs a popular online store and a network of Wi-Fi hotspots in the country, mainly in the

Prospective pay-television broadcaster Siyaya TV has received the green light from communications regulator Icasa to commence broadcasting. Siyaya, which intends offering a low-cost bouquet using digital terrestrial television transmission, in August secured a R1bn broadcast deal for the rights

Telkom and DStv parent MultiChoice have reached an agreement in terms of which subscribers to the telecommunications operator’s Telkom Internet ISP will get a “free”, Internet-connected high-end Explora personal video recorder (PVR) decoder. Under the promotion, which will run for six months from 23 November

The number of Telkom fixed lines in service has fallen by almost 5% in the past 12 months, dropping to just 3,5m, from 3,7m a year ago, the telecommunications operator said on Monday. At the same time, however, Telkom has recorded a 7,4% increase in the number of broadband digital subscriber

In the past 20 years, Telkom has lost almost every aspect of the absolute monopoly it once held over South African telecommunications. First, it lost its supremacy over voice communication as cellular rivals challenged it for dominance and won. Today, the cellular operators carry the vast majority of