Earlier this year, Cell C lost a battle with its larger rivals, Vodacom and MTN, over its use of the term “4Gs” in its advertising campaigns. MTN and Vodacom argued to the final appeal committee of the Advertising Standards Authority, which found in their favour, that ordinary consumers
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Internet service provider MWeb has completed what it calls a “four-phase infrastructure and backbone upgrade” that now means it’s running a 10Gbit/s connection between SA’s three biggest cities and offering subscribers in Durban a more direct route into its network
We’ve all heard the saying “local is lekker” and seen campaigns by local manufacturers urging us to support SA brands. However, the “China effect” is being felt the world over, our own country included, as businesses and retailers increasingly look towards the Far East to
Arthouse thriller Drive opens with a tense game of cat and mouse that is one of the most masterful action sequences in a recent film. In just two minutes of screen time, director Nicolas Winding Refn tells you everything you need to know about the driver
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has swooped on steel company ArcellorMittal SA for allegedly using radio frequency spectrum illegally. According to Icasa, it “initiated an investigation into the company about three weeks ago” and conducted an inspection
Despite its distinctly average display, lack of haptic screen feedback and appalling camera shutter sound, the Mi-Fone Mi-A300 may be the most exciting Android phone to pass through the TechCentral office all year for one very simple reason: it’s amazingly cheap without
It’s almost the end of another busy year in SA’s technology industry. We know what our favourite stories were in 2011, but which articles did you, TechCentral’s readers, pore over the most? These are the pieces, in ascending order from 10 to one, that generated the most reads during the year
Cape Town-based start-up IMB’s tagline is “more than a bank”, and that’s because banking services are only a small part of what it offers. Its main focus is making payments, and particularly mobile payments, easier for consumers and merchants in a way it claims benefits
Telkom says it was fully within its rights to deny value-added network service (Vans) licensees, mainly Internet service providers, additional services after it found that they were essentially providing the same services Telkom offered via facilities the providers
Shareholders in Phuthuma Nathi, the black empowerment vehicle that owns 20% of MultiChoice SA, have the right to begin trading the shares next Thursday, 8 December, when a five-year lock-in period expires. MultiChoice SA group CEO Imtiaz Patel says