Democratic Alliance MP and shadow deputy communications minister Butch Steyn wants clarity from communications minister Dina Pule about whether or not foreign-made set-top boxes or digital converters for digital terrestrial television can be sold in SA. Steyn has written a letter to Pule
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The government is considering introducing an appropriations bill to give Sanral a cash injection to allow it to service its R20bn debt, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Thursday. Failure to meet Sanral’s debt repayments while the legal battle over e-tolling in Gauteng continued would have dire
Telkom has expressed “great concern” about copper theft after customers in parts of Randburg, Johannesburg were without service again this week, for the second time this month, after thieves made off with cables. More than 1 600 business and residential customers have been affected in the Randburg suburbs
Concern for consumers will inform Eskom’s upcoming electricity tariff increase application, President Jacob Zuma suggested on Wednesday. Delivering the presidency budget speech, Zuma pointed out that Eskom reduced its tariff hike for this year from 25,9% to 16% thanks to government’s decision to
Internet penetration in SA, the continent’s economic powerhouse, is low compared to other leading economies in Africa due to high broadband cost and a lack of infrastructure, a study said Tuesday. According to the study, commissioned by Google SA, the country had 8,5m Internet users
Discovery Health has launched an iPad application called HealthID that it claims will ease the burden of paperwork and administration on SA doctors, making it easier for the medical aid administrator to process claims in real time while maintaining patient confidentiality. Discovery Health SA CEO Jonathan
MTN has acquired nearly R1,4bn in its own shares in the past three months in a move it says is meant to improve returns to its shareholders. Between 8 March and 28 May 2012, the telecommunications group says it has bought back shares to the value of R1,36bn. The total value of shares bought back
First National Bank has extended the functionality of its e-wallet, making it possible for any customer to send money to any SA mobile user using the FNB banking application for mobile devices. Recipients can withdraw the cash, use it to buy prepaid airtime or electricity, send the money to another cellular
Two weeks after Cell C announced it was cutting prepaid voice and ad hoc data rates, it’s announced a cut in call rates to five international destinations.
Calls to China, India, Pakistan, the UK and US will drop to 99c/minute (with per second billing) between 30 May and 31 August as part of a promotion that
TalkCentral is back for another episode. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson sit down to chat about a wide range of issues. We cover everything from Friday’s big Square Kilometre Array announcement to the battle between Cell C and Vodacom over tariffs. Also on the agenda this