The information and communications technology (ICT) industry and two other sectors will face special investigations by the National Consumer Commission, its head Mamodupi Mohlala says. The commission, established on 1 April in terms of the new
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TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod has been named ICT Journalist of the Year at the second annual Telkom Classic Business journalism awards. McLeod won the award for a series of columns published on TechCentral and
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is waiting for a meeting with communications minister Roy Padayachie to iron out issues around a planned spectrum auction before proceeding
Telkom and Neotel are poised to do battle over access to the former’s “last-mile” copper infrastructure. TechCentral publishes the full correspondence between the two operators
On Sunday evening, DA political strategist Ryan Coetzee held a “town hall meeting” on Twitter. It went off rather well, and the party plans to host them weekly. It’s clear social media are becoming an important new electioneering
Neotel has fired the first salvo in what could quickly become a ferocious battle over access to Telkom’s copper cable network. TechCentral can reveal exclusively that Neotel has filed a complaint with the
The GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, believes the Nigerian government can unlock up to N862bn (R37,7bn) in GDP growth by 2015 by supporting the roll-out of mobile broadband
Your crew this week consists of Andy Hadfield, Steven Ambrose and Simon Dingle. They discuss the Nokia E7 and the state of Symbian, Vodacom going red, Cell C, the iPad and 8ta, Android, and much more
Cell C has lost another battle at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The cellular operator lodged a counterclaim against Vodacom and its parent, the UK’s Vodafone, after it lost an earlier battle at the ASA when it was told
Long-serving Naspers executive Antonie Roux has taken the reins at MIH Group, the JSE-listed media group’s biggest subsidiary. MIH holds all of Naspers’s electronic interests, including pay-TV operator MultiChoice