Several companies have cashed in on the climate change conference in Durban to promote power-generating gadgets friendly to the environment. They had their hands full on Monday as people attending the two-week long 17th Conference of Parties (Cop17) enquired
Telecommunications operators across the developed world are investing billions of dollars in fibre-to-the-home projects to deliver next-generation services such as Internet television and video-on-demand products. But the costs associated with fibre roll-outs in
Newly appointed Vodacom SA MD Sipho Maseko has been awarded 74 142 shares in the telecommunications group at an average price of R90,37/share, making the allocation worth R6,7m. The shares vest on 25 November 2014. Maseko, who was formerly CEO of BP Southern Africa, took the reins
In The Social Network, scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin created a thriller about a geek building a website in a Harvard college dorm. With Moneyball, a new vehicle for Brad Pitt, he fashions a fascinating but uneven sports drama from the arcane topic of how
Dimension Data division Internet Solutions is hoping for clarity and certainty from the local-loop unbundling framework document that the communications regulator will publish in the Government Gazette next week but has reservations about how much
Mobile phones are the most widely used technology in the world. At the end of this year, there will be 5,8bn people with mobile devices, meaning there are twice as many mobile users as Internet users. Consequently, there are myriad opportunities to make a
One of the complaints often leveled at the iPad by business users is that it’s not exactly the best device if you need to do lots of typing. A number of accessory manufacturers have responded with Bluetooth keyboards, and Capdase’s compact offering is an
Ster-Kinekor has confirmed that the Velskoen drive-in in Randburg, Johannesburg will close next year. It is the last of its drive-ins and the company says the decision comes as a result of declining audiences, which is says isn’t unique to SA. “Cinema audiences
Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson are in the TalkCentral studio to bring you a news-filled podcast. We look at government’s withdrawal of the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill and what it means. We also look at Telkom’s broadband and video
Details are emerging of plans for the construction of yet another high-capacity submarine telecommunications cable to serve the African continent. The Wasace cable, which will connect Africa, including SA, with South America, North America and Europe, and which will cost
