Author: Duncan McLeod

Come join the TalkCentral team of Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg as they tackle another week’s technology news. In the podcast this week, they chat about Jacob Zuma’s new cabinet and what the shake-up means for the technology sector. Also in the podcast this week is the news that

Former Virgin Mobile South Africa boss Steve Bailey has launched a new mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) business to help bring mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs, to market — and he already has a large, well-known South African retailer lined up for launch in

Telkom shares were trading up by more than 5% in lunchtime trading on the JSE on Thursday after issuing a positive earnings update. For the year ended 31 March 2014, Telkom said it expects basic earnings per share from continuing operations to be between R29,72

Communications regulator Icasa is considering ways of opening up extremely high frequency (EHF) radio spectrum bands above 30GHz, one of its councillors, William Stucke, said at the Future Wireless Technology Forum on Thursday. The forum was organised by the Wireless Access

Steyn City, the enormous, R6bn property development north of Johannesburg spearheaded by business tycoon Douw Steyn, has revealed ambitious plans to build an advanced fibre network to connect homes and businesses in the area. Steyn City, which will be launched in March 2015, is a mixed-use lifestyle development already under construction

There has finally been some development in the long-running saga over Screamer Telecommunications’ alleged unlawful deal with Sentech to use a portion of the state-owned signal distributor’s spectrum, a matter under investigation by communications regulator Icasa’s complaints and compliance committee. Icasa referred the matter to the committee

MTN South Africa remains under pressure, reporting a decline in revenue in the first four months of 2014 compared to the same period a year ago, the JSE-listed telecommunications group said on Tuesday. The contraction in revenue was the result of the reduction in retail rates and the 1 April 2014 reduction in mobile inter-network

The SOS Coalition, which represents trade unions, community media and content producers hoping to support quality public broadcasting in South Africa, has slammed President Jacob Zuma’s decision to dump his communications minister, Yunus Carrim, instead creating two new departments headed by two new ministers. The Coalition has accused Zuma of

President Jacob Zuma’s decision to split the department of communications into two separate entities — one focused on broadcasting and media and the other on posts and telecommunications — is a retrograde step that has set ICT policy making in South Africa back by 25 years. That’s the view of

Altech Autopage, the independent cellular service provider in the Altron stable, plans to acquire 65 000 Cell C subscribers from rival Nashua Mobile for R91,5m (plus VAT). The deal comes just weeks after Nashua Mobile’s parent, Reunert, announced it was selling the company’s Vodacom and MTN subscribers to the two mobile network operators