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The deadline for consumers to comply with SA’s Sim card registration law is 30 June and, according to communications minister Roy Padayachie, no extension will be granted. This comes after the original deadline of 31 December 2010 was extended

There is no link between the decision by Huge Group acting financial director Yvette Neveling to resign and its announcement just hours later that the company has failed to publish in 2011 financial results within the deadline prescribed by the JSE, says CEO

LG Electronics SA on Wednesday unveiled its second generation of 3D televisions, hoping the technology will gain more traction by doing away with the need for expensive glasses. The new line-up, the LED Cinema 3D range, priced from

Internet Solutions (IS) has acquired a majority stake in Synaq, the Johannesburg-based managed Linux service provider and messaging company, for an undisclosed sum. IS says the deal will help it address the demand from the small and medium enterprise

Just as undersea and terrestrial fibre connectivity is booming around and in Africa, an explosion in satellite capacity serving the region is also under way. The “dark continent” is getting connected to the global village. This week’s annual Satcom conference

Technology features alongside football, wine and potjiekos in this episode of the ZA Tech Show. Andy Hadfield, Arthur Goldstuck, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss Windows Phone 7 “Mango”, the cool factor for smartphones, and much more

What’s the new favourite sport of Silicon Valley billionaires? No, it’s not Segway polo (although that is still popular). Rather, it’s patent infringement lawsuits. Hardly a week goes by without a new one being announced. At last count Nokia is suing

Start-up costs associated with Telkom’s new mobile arm, 8ta, have eaten a R1,1bn hole in Telkom’s operating profit in the financial year to 31 March 2011. It’s also taken a R739m hit related to employee severance packages

Vodacom Group has named a BP executive as its new MD to replace Shameel Joosub, who is now the CEO of Vodafone in Spain. The company has been without an MD of its most important operating subsidiary since the beginning of April

SA’s information and communication technologies (ICT) market grew to R179bn last year, communications minister Roy Padayachie said on Tuesday. Speaking during debate on his department’s budget in the national assembly, he told MPs it was