Vox Telecom, which recently introduced a satellite-based Internet service in SA called YahClick in partnership with Middle Eastern company YahSat, plans to launch a portable version of the product early next year. The product will consist of a terminal, called YahClick Go, and will be aimed at organisations and businesses
MTN has been ordered to reinstate nine employees dismissed in September 2010, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Friday. The cellphone operator was also ordered to pay 12 months’ compensation, the union said following the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation
The Cape Town TV community station has lost over 600 000 viewers because its frequency was changed to accommodate digital terrestrial television trials, it said on Friday. Station manager Karen Thorne said the free-to-air channel was relocated from channel 38 to channel 67
The Espresso Book Machine is not the most beautiful device you will ever see. It looks like a large, clumsy, see-through photocopier, which is sort of what it is. But it is a thousand times more powerful. This speedy print-on-demand publishing gadget — which costs R1m — can churn out a bound book, cover and all, in
Telkom’s mobile arm 8ta will switch on a trial fourth-generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) mobile broadband network on 1 November and says it will invite selected customers in Gauteng to apply to participate for free in the trial, which will run until
Government would be “jumping the gun” if it announced e-tolling was to go ahead in Gauteng, trade union federation Cosatu said on Thursday. Should it do so, the federation’s opposition campaign would shift “back into top gear”, including its members
South Africans can expect a tough two years ahead as the economy feels the pinch of strikes, analysts said on Thursday. “Unless we have sensible heads putting their hands up now, we’re going to see a [downward] spiral for the next few years,” said
Gauteng motorists will know on Friday how e-tolling will be implemented, the inter-ministerial committee on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) said. “The committee will be making an announcement on Friday on how the e-tolls will be implemented,” spokesman Thabo Masebe said on Wednesday
Science & technology minister Naledi Pandor has been appointed by President Jacob Zuma as minister of home affairs, the presidency said on Wednesday. Deputy science minister Derek Hanekom will take over as minister of science & technology. “I congratulate Ms Pandor and Mr Hanekom
Cell C has cut the cost of using broadband late at night in an effort to fill its network during periods of low usage. The company has introduced two new bundles, under the GigaNite branding, which provides lower-cost Internet access between midnight and 6am daily. Customers can bolt on either
