Duncan McLeod is editor of TechCentral.
Vumatel, the telecommunications start-up building a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Parkhurst, has unveiled plans to build similar networks in 42 suburbs across Johannesburg and Cape Town. The decision to expand the roll-out follows what Vumatel
Telkom has appointed long-serving executive Deon Fredericks as its new chief financial officer with immediate effect. He had been acting in the position since October 2013 following the suspension of former CFO Jacques Schindehutte, who stepped down recently. Fredericks has acting as CFO
MWeb Business, a division of Naspers-owned Internet service provider MWeb, has launched a suite of satellite broadband products that provide uncapped Internet access to South African consumers. MWeb, which pioneered uncapped fixed-line broadband in South Africa
Frustrated traders have been unable to buy and sell shares on the JSE after a “network issue” floored the stock exchange on Monday morning. “Due to a network issue, the equity market opening will be delayed this morning,” the bourse said on Twitter soon after the market
Cell C’s leadership team must feel like it’s on a roller coaster ride it can’t get off. One moment it’s shrieking in delight as its regulator, Icasa, gives it a significant price advantage over its bigger rivals; the next it’s crying out
It’s all Apple in the latest episode of TalkCentral. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the big keynote, ask whether Apple was right to introduce bigger-screen iPhones, and look at the company’s new Watch
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
