Author: Duncan McLeod

A spokesman for Netflix has reportedly confirmed that the online video-on-demand service will be launched in South Africa before the end of next year. This follows news on Wednesday that

Altron, the technology and engineering group that owns Altech, Bytes and Powertech, warned on Thursday that its headline earnings for the year to end-February 2015 were likely to slump by at least 40% due to “difficult trading conditions”. Basic earnings per

A new Sim card for mobile phones is promising its users unlimited access to WhatsApp in 150 countries and across 400 network operators. News of the WhatsApp Sim, called the WhatSim, comes as the instant messaging giant, which is owned

It’s what millions of WhatsApp users have wanted for ages and it’s finally happening. The instant messaging giant, which is owned by Facebook, revealed on Wednesday that it will allow people to send

The chances of Netflix being launched in South Africa soon have just got a lot better. The company’s CEO, Reed Hastings, says in a letter to shareholders, issued on Tuesday, that the online video pioneer

MTN South Africa began “consultations” with employees on Wednesday “in keeping with relevant employment legislation” as it prepares to implement a big shake-up in its MTN Business unit, which provides services to corporate clients and small and

Former Samsung South Africa mobile communications head Craige Fleischer has been named as chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel. He joined the telecommunications operator last week. Fleischer, who took

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