Wireless technology is the most feasible way of getting Africa online. But spectrum is both scarce and hotly contested. There is no single solution to the problem of allocating a finite resource like spectrum, but Microsoft suggests there is much that can be done about
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Altron remains determined to buy out minority shareholders in subsidiary Altech and delist it from the JSE, despite a previous attempt at a deal being rejected by minority shareholders in Altech. Altron made an offer to minorities in 2007 to buy out
The second annual Tech4Africa conference kicks off in a few weeks in Johannesburg and founder Gareth Knight is hoping the event will help create momentum for technology start-ups across Africa. “In the US, these kinds of events create huge momentum
Super 5 Media, the troubled wannabe pay-TV operator formerly known as Telkom Media, has not been granted an extension to a deadline to launch commercial services by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and the matter will now be heard at a public
Exploring Mars and searching for extraterrestrial intelligence are among the topics which will feature at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress, which started in Cape Town on Monday. It is the first time the event, which has attracted more than 2 000 scientists from
Workers at publishing company Trudon, which publishes the Phone Book and the Yellow Pages, will strike against a proposed wage increase of 6%, the Communication Workers Union said on Monday. About 8 000 union members would strike countrywide from Tuesday
Creating jobs isn’t just expensive, it’s getting more expensive. Cloud computing may offer one way of reducing the cost, meaning money allocated to job creation could go further and reduce unemployment faster in the process. This is the view of economist Mike Schüssler
Just a week after TelkomInternet, Telkom’s Internet service provider, announced it was raising the bandwidth caps it imposes on its AllAccess customers, MWeb has introduced new capped packages aimed at the home and small business markets. For the same price, MWeb subscribers
The department of education has begun appointing its first accredited suppliers as part of its teacher laptop initiative to get computers into the hands of all of the country’s teachers. On Thursday, JSE-listed computer company Mustek said it had been given the nod
Brett Haggard is at the helm of the ZA Tech Show podcast again this week, joined by Ben Kelly and Steven Ambrose. They discuss MTN going uncapped, Google+ and its explosive growth, the fight between Apple and Samsung, Nokia’s new N9, and plenty more