Author: Duncan McLeod

Communications regulator Icasa has set aside the first three days of October for public hearings into the state of competition in South Africa’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The hearings are part of the regulator’s high-level inquiry into the subject, announced

MultiChoice subsidiary M-Net is launching two new channels on the pay-TV operator’s DStv platform. The new channels, M-Net Edge and Vuzu Amp, will be available to DStv Premium subscribers only. The channels will go on air for the first time in October and being billed by MultiChoice

Apple on Tuesday unveiled a platform it says will allow people to ditch their wallets and use their smartphones — iPhones, of course — to make card payments. If it sounds familiar to South Africans, that’s because local start-ups such as FlickPay, SnapScan

Apple last night made its first move into the already crowded wearable computing space, taking the wraps off Apple Watch, a smart wristwatch that CEO Tim Cook breathlessly declared on a stage in San Francisco will “redefine what people

Cell C, the biggest loser in Icasa’s proposed new call termination rates, has lashed out at the communications regulator, accusing it of making a “dramatic U-turn”. Although Cell C will continue to benefit from “asymmetry” in the rates for the next four years – it will pay bigger rivals MTN

Thumbzup’s mobile point-of-sale device, the Payment Pebble, which is available in South Africa through banking group Absa, is being opened up to third-party developers. Thumbzup founder Stafford Masie has revealed plans to release third-party

The technology distribution business in South Africa has become “massively overtraded” and competitors are in a “race to the bottom” if they can’t diversify by entering complementary business areas. That’s the view of Miles Crisp, CEO of

Facebook has reached a significant milestone in Africa, announcing that as of June 2014, 100m people are connecting to the social network at least once a month. And showing that Africa truly is a “mobile first” continent, Facebook has revealed that 80% of users are

In another major cellular tower deal in Africa, Eaton Towers has acquired 3 500 base stations in six countries belonging to Indian-headquartered mobile network operator Bharti Airtel. In terms of the deal, Airtel will have a 10-year lease contract on the towers. Eaton already owns

Over the past 20 years, Telkom has been through the wringer. It’s been abused by politicians and by greedy foreign investors, and it’s made spectacular strategic and operational mistakes that have cost it billions. But somehow, through all of this, it’s arrived at a point today under