Nokia on Monday unveiled the N9, its latest high-end smartphone and the first to be powered by Linux-based MeeGo, the operating system developed in partnership with chip-maker Intel. The phone sports a 3,9-inch Amoled touch screen with
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MTN SA has launched two new carry-over features, one for all Internet packages and recurring Internet bundles, and another for all once-off Internet bundles. This will allow MTN subscribers to carry over their unused Internet data for additional months
Telkom’s mobile operator, 8ta, will double the number of base stations active in its network in the next nine months, increasing population coverage from 25% now to between 35% and 40% by the end of the first quarter of 2012
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the body that develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers or domain names, said on Monday it had approved a plan to allow custom generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Currently, there are only 22 gTLDs
Vox Telecom group MD Doug Reed is no stranger to the vagaries of the local telecommunications industry. The 52-year-old has made — and lost — a personal fortune in his career, but is warm and welcoming when I meet him at the company’s offices across the
In the latest episode of Tech Talk, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod chats to Juanita Clark, CEO of the FTTH Council Africa, about the challenges facing telecommunications companies in building fibre networks in SA. Clark talks about the need to facilitate rights of way
SA’s telecommunications industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), will outline the first steps it intends taking to unbundle Telkom’s local loop at a briefing at its offices in Sandton this Wednesday. Icasa will take the wraps
JSE-listed technology group Gijima has acquired BMC Business Service Management from African Legend (AL) Indigo. The company represents Houston, Texas-based BMC Software in SA. BMC develops service management software and
JSE-listed technology group Altech has appointed Willie Oosthuysen as its new chief technology officer. Oosthuysen was previously a regional director for systems engineering at Cisco. Oosthuysen, who has replaced Ashraff Paruk
The JSE said on Monday that telecommunications company Huge Group had 10 days to release its results or face suspension of termination of its listing. Huge Group was meant to publish its results by the end of May. The JSE warned that Huge Group and