Telkom Business is cutting the cost of its uncapped fixed-line broadband products by up to 27% on high-end packages. Customers on slower connections are having their line speeds increased. Customers on 384kbit/s and 1Mbit/s uncapped Internet packages will be upgraded to 1Mbit/s and 2Mbit/s
SA universities have welcomed the establishment of the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Following the SKA Organisation’s announcement late last month that SA, Australia and New Zealand would share the R26bn project, local academics have spoken enthusiastically about
Cell C has become SA’s second operator to cut BlackBerry prices in a week. The company on Friday said it was introducing new tariff plans for BlackBerry users starting at R27/month. Its first new tariff plan, the BlackBerry Social Plan, offers Cell C customers access to Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), one
Avatars, warriors, wizards, whizz-kids, mavericks and dreamers. They could all be characters in a fantasy game played with gunships and lasers on a mobile device. But they are actually the descriptions given to employees at Alan Knott-Craig’s World of Avatar, the Stellenbosch-based cellular, social media and
The ANC will meet in Midrand for four days starting on Tuesday to discuss 13 policy documents ahead of its national conference in December. These are some key points from the 13 discussion documents
This week Brett Haggard is back in the driver’s seat, with Steven Ambrose and Benedict Kelly struggling to get a word in edge-wise. They discuss, in no particular order the new MacBook Pro with Retina display, the Windows 8 tablet, Cell C’s aggressive
Cinema chain Ster-Kinekor Theatres will replace all of its screens countrywide with digital technology over the next 12 months in a deal that will probably be worth nearly R100m. About 400 screens are affected by the move. The company, which is owned by Primedia, has signed an agreement with Arts Alliance Media, a digital cinema
Broadband can reduce carbon emissions by millions of metric tons and delivery significant energy saving, a new report from the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) shows. The report, which is backed by BT Group, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and Verizon, shows a direct link between broadband
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has saluted the cabinet’s decision against a possible transaction between Telkom and Korean company KT Corp. The “financial mess” at the parastatal would not be resolved by a cash injection from the Asians, CWU spokesman Matankana Mothapo
For 22 years, the battle has raged in parliament, the government executive and various courts and tribunals, with long periods of deceptive calm between each episode. Now SA record companies are finally closing in on the R561m they say local radio stations owe them — and the extra R50m-plus that will be
