Predictions are a tricky thing. Fifteen years ago, when the Internet was first flexing its gobal wings, futurists were predicting the end of all “traditional” media, particularly television. And while the dot-com bust deflated a lot of expectations, some of those predictions finally seem to be coming true. Time spent on everything from newspapers to cinema has been falling while Internet usage has been climbing inexorably higher.
Cell C plans to fight to use the term “4Gs” in its marketing campaign, saying the complaint by its competitors amounts to “corporate bullying”. The mobile operator will appeal against
Cell C’s advertising campaign promoting its new high-speed data network has hit a roadblock. The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that the operator can no longer use the term “4Gs”. This follows a complaint lodged by Cell C
The public and private sectors are squandering billions of rand every year because of poorly though-through decisions to invest in information technology systems and software. Worse still, many organisations don’t know how to measure
MWeb, the company that introduced SA’s first relatively affordable uncapped products, has now unveiled an uncapped and completely unshaped 10Mbit/s option aimed at business customers. The product, which costs R4 999/month
JSE-listed multinational IT group Datatec has agreed to buy up the 2,6% of its subsidiary Westcon, which it does not own already, for US$14,2m. The group says the transaction will be conducted through Westcon itself
Telkom has lost one of its most senior executives in a car accident. Sammy Gumbe, 42, managing executive for IT systems, passed away on Wednesday. Details of the accident are still sketchy. Gumbe, who had an master of business leadership and a
MTN chief marketing officer Santie Botha has quit after seven years at the cellphone group. She’s leaving to “pursue new endeavours”, according to a statement. Botha was appointed to MTN’s board in 2003
Cell C has switched on its third-generation mobile broadband network in KwaZulu-Natal, launching commercial services in Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Wondering what all the Heita branding is about? It’s all pointing to a teaser campaign by Telkom ahead of the launch of its mobile network next week. But can the fixed-line operator really take on the cellphone incumbents at their own game?
