Technology and services company Dell has appointed Douglas Woolley as GM of its South African business, replacing the long-serving Stewart van Graan, who is moving into an expanded role as enterprise solutions GM for emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East
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OpenView HD, the satellite-based free-to-air television service launched by the same group that owns e.tv, has finally disclosed its user numbers. Platco Digital, which operates the platform on which OpenView HD is distributed, said on Monday that the service
Cape Town-based SmartMobile, which forms part of the Digicall Group, has launched a mobile virtual network operator piggybacking on Cell C’s network to provide services. The new MVNO has been put together by MVN-X, the MVNO enablement company headed
MTN has entered into discussions with fast-growing pan-African mobile phone tower operator IHS Holding with a view to selling its South African tower portfolio, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Quoting an unnamed source
Samsung Electronics has announced it will work with Google and telecommunications operators to deploy Android software fixes faster when security vulnerabilities are uncovered. “Working with the network
Academic plagiarism is no longer just sloppy “cut and paste” jobs or students cribbing large chunks of an assignment from a friend’s earlier essay on the same topic. These days, students can simply visit any of a
WumDrop is South Africa’s app of the year. The start-up was selected as the winner in the best enterprise app category and was also overall winner for its courier and fleet management application in the MTN App of the Year challenge. Developed by Benjamin
Shoppers at The Pavilion, a large shopping centre in Durban, can now pay for their parking using their mobile phones. MasterCard has rolled out its digital wallet service, called MasterPass, at The Pavilion, allowing shoppers to pay using their phones. The shopping
ShowMax is the name of Naspers’s Netflix rival, which will be launched to the media in Johannesburg next Wednesday. That’s according to a report on the entertainment news website Channel24, which is owned by Naspers subsidiary Media24. According
MTN has slashed the price of its video-on-demand service, called MTN FrontRow Club, by a third. The monthly fee is now R119, from R179 previously, the company said in a statement. The service works on any network, though MTN promises