London- and Johannesburg-listed IT group Dimension Data is stepping up its presence in New Zealand with the acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, of IT services business Integral Axon Computer Services. The private held company
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The panel this week is led by Brett Haggard, who is joined by Duncan McLeod and Jon Tullett to discuss the launch of Telkom Mobile, Cell C’s ongoing “4Gs” roll-out, uncapped broadband, Microsoft’s new consumer focus, the BlackBerry PlayBook, and much more
Robert Gumede, the billionaire businessman and chairman of technology group Gijima, has bought up just under half of Johannesburg’s Golden Lions Rugby Union. Gumede has joined forces with long-time family friend, businessman Ivor Ichikowitz
UK-based tower infrastructure company Eaton Telecom has signed its first deal with Vodafone Ghana. The 10-year contract will see Eaton take over the operations and co-location management of 750 of Vodafone Ghana’s base-stations.
Altron has been hit by the lagging performance of its traditionally strongest subsidiary, Altech. The group released its interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2010, reporting a 3% dip in revenue from R12,1bn to R11,7bn. However, the group marginally boosted profit
The basic salary paid out to former Sentech CEO Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane more than doubled between 2009 and 2010 — from R1,7m to R3,2m. This is in spite of the company’s steep financial decline over the past year, which has resulted in its auditors
If you sued one of the world’s largest companies for defamation and won, you might expect a bit more than €5 000. But in the case of “Mr X” vs Google, which was recently tried by a French court, it is a full €5 000 too many. The rather sordid tale of Mr X began when he was arrested and tried for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
Once upon a time, about five years ago, consumers were obsessed about the size of their cellphones. The smaller the phone, the better. But that was before the advent of smartphones.
Few books arrive burdened with as much expectation as Freedom, the new novel from Jonathan Franzen. The book recently put Franzen on the cover of Time magazine, an honour he shares with only a small and elite group of novelists that includes JD Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov and John Updike.
Heita! That’s the name of Telkom’s new mobile business, or at least the part of it that’s going to focus on the mass consumer market. The traditionally fixed-line operator looks set to launch consumer mobile services