The Hawks were investigating allegations of corruption at MTN relating to a mobile licence in Iran, an official said on Tuesday. “There are allegations. We first did an assessment to cast the strength of the allegations. After this we decided to do a follow-up investigation,” spokesman McIntosh Polela said
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Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions has been granted access to a chunk of radio frequency spectrum in the 28GHz band, which it says will allow it to offer high-speed wireless point-to-multipoint services. The company says the spectrum is a suitable interim alternative to spectrum in the contested 2,6GHz and
In this week’s episode, Steven Ambrose, Nic Callegari and Simon Dingle talk their way through the state of the tech industry, Apple TV and industries ripe for disruption, SpaceX, the price of panels, the Samsung Galaxy S3 and much more besides
SA is using information and communications technologies (ICT) to pull itself out of obscurity, communications minister Dina Pule said on Monday. “SA’s IT sector is a leader in the fields of electronic banking services, pre-payment, revenue management and fraud prevention systems, and in the manufacture
SABC group CEO Lulama Mokhobo has taken disciplinary steps against her news chief, Phil Molefe, and is charging him with refusing to accept her authority. At an SABC board meeting this week, Mokhobo discussed the charges she had
Government late on Friday finally provided the first insight into why cabinet torpedoed a proposal by Telkom to sell 20% of its equity to Korea’s KT Corp. The decision, taken on Wednesday and announced by Telkom on Friday morning, sent the telecommunications operator’s share price plummeting lower
Perhaps it’s wrong to hate Call of Duty for being the world’s biggest first-person shooter (FPS), but sometimes it’s hard not to. Activision’s multibillion-dollar juggernaut has turned into a homogenising force in the military shooter market as other publishers try to emulate its success. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
Telkom has finally lifted the lid off its plans to increase fixed-line broadband speeds. The company is doing away with its 384kbit/s service and replacing it with a 1Mbit/s product. Customers with 1Mbit/s lines will in future connect at 2Mbit/s. The operator emphasises that these
The multibillion-rand Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project has landed in SA hands, but it might be just a notional victory for the country as funding remains in limbo. With an estimated budget of €1,5bn (R16bn) and most developed countries facing their own debt and funding crunch, it is unclear at
Trade union Solidarity says a Cell C employee has committed suicide after he received notice of his retrenchment. Solidarity has demanded that the company halt further retrenchments and consult with unions representing members who could be affected by the process. According to media reports