BlackBerry is the most desirable handset among teenagers and tertiary-level students in SA, but they aren’t using the devices to make voice calls. A new study from London-based research firm MobileYouth shows that
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International credit ratings agency Moody’s has placed Telkom on review for a possible downgrade due to increased concerns about the company’s operating challenges. Moody’s senior analyst Soummo Mukherjee says the agency is worried about
Cellular network operator Vodacom is offering its 2011 annual report on the iPad for the first time. The group’s integrated report, which was published on Friday, is available for download in Apple’s App Store. The 221-page report is
MWeb has teamed up with MTN to offer consumers two product bundles that include both fixed digital subscriber line (DSL) and 3G broadband access for a single, monthly fee. The company has created two bundles
Datatec subsidiary Logicalis has acquired Netarx, a supplier of Cisco products and services in the US mid-west, for a maximum consideration of US$34m, to be settled with cash and deferred Datatec shares. Netarx, based in Detroit
Vodacom has denied that a network outage on Thursday was caused by sabotaged fibre optic cables. “The cause of the outage is still being determined, and we will only be able to know once we have done a post mortem on the
SA’s cellular network operators have been found wanting over service quality levels by their regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). On Friday, Icasa announced the results of a quality-of-service survey
After a week’s break, TalkCentral, TechCentral’s business technology podcast, is back with a bumper show and a special podcast. In this week’s episode, we talk about Vodacom’s network outage, 8ta’s broadband special
The idea of a game that pairs the eccentric style of No More Heroes designer Suda-51 with the gameplay suss of Resident Evil maestro Shinji Mikami sounds completely irresistible. For that reason, Shadows of the Damned, the
Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei — that’s wah-way to the uninitiated — has recently expanded into consumer electronics. On Wednesday, the company’s SA office unveiled its first foray into the