Vodacom is continuing with its strategy to push low-end smartphones into the mass market to drive up usage of its data network. On Tuesday, the operator took the wraps off its latest low-cost smartphone, the Vodacom Smart 6, which is firmly
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MTN Business, the enterprise services arm of mobile operator MTN, has announced a number of key appointments as it looks to grow its presence in the business services market. The company has named Mandisa Ntloko as head
Alan Knott-Craig’s Project Isizwe free Wi-Fi project with the City of Tshwane could “set the pattern for social impact bonds” in South Africa, where the private sector guarantees delivery of services, the
Blue Bulls fans will soon be able to tweet from the game or share photos on Facebook without worrying about the cellular network overload so common at full sports stadiums. Vodacom has a deployed a “high-density” Wi-Fi network
John Nash, mathematician and Nobel laureate in economics, died in a taxi accident on 23 May. He was 86. His wife, Alicia, was with him and also did not survive the crash. The Nashes were on their way home to Princeton from Norway, where John was
The constitutional court has agreed to hear the application for leave to appeal in the nearly decade-long case between telecommunications giant Vodacom and Nkosana Makate, who claims to have invented the service “please call me”. After the high
Standard Bank will be mostly offline this Sunday evening from 10pm as the bank works on its systems, it said on Friday. While customers will be able to make cash withdrawals at ATMs or
It’s an African reunion this week as Brett Haggard is joined by Google’s Michelle Atagana, Larry Madowo from NTV and Techcabal. Over a (sometimes shaky) Skype connection they talk about WhatsApp, Xbox One, the state of women in technology
Telkom has expanded its next-generation LTE-Advanced network to an additional 22 suburbs across South Africa, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Areas that now have coverage are Carlswald, Highveld, Halfway Gardens, Houghton
Telecommunications operator Telkom joined First National Bank in having a blue Monday as technical glitches took both institutions offline. First to go down was FNB, with problems apparently associated with its network causing