PC sales in Africa and the Middle East will decline by 2% in 2014, with sales remaining flat to slightly negative for the next five years, according to new research by International Data Corp. This is despite a positive third quarter in 2014, when the market expanded by 2,1% in volume terms year on year to
Parktown North has become the latest suburb where residents are working together to have an ultra-high-speed fibre-to-the-home network installed in their community. The Parktown North Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association will work with Vumatel, the same company that is deploying
Telkom has deployed 4G/LTE-Advanced technology to five more South African suburbs, it said on Friday. This follows the launch of South Africa’s first commercial LTE-A service in November in the Johannesburg suburb of Parkhurst. The new suburbs to get the coverage, which offers wireless broadband
Vodacom is launching a campaign to create awareness around the dangers of texting while driving. The W8_2send (“wait to send”) campaign is centred on a game that can be played on a desktop PC or mobile device. The game challenges players to manoeuvre an animated car
Noko vs Izikhothane by Ramscomics was the most popular video on YouTube among South Africans in 2014, the Google-owned online video service disclosed on Wednesday. A news programme from broadcaster eNCA on Oscar Pistorius came in second. The list excludes videos from major music
This episode features regulars Ben Kelly and Brett Haggard with guest Sean Behnken from Telkom Mobile. They gather for a discussion about Telkom’s fibre-to-the-home pricing, the Square Kilometre Array and subsidised Internet in the Karoo, the trailer for Star Wars and the
Tell us who your newsmakers of the year are and you could win one of three vouchers to spend at the Orange online store. In the run-up to Christmas, TechCentral and Orange South Africa are hosting a competition in which three lucky readers walk away with a R2 000 voucher each to the
Orange is continuing its steady assault on South Africa’s telecommunications industry, announcing on Wednesday that will launch its first branded store in the country in January. The French operator, which already sells phones, tablets and other electronic gear to South Africans through its
MTN South Africa has apologised to its customers for service disruptions in recent weeks, blaming a range of factors for problems on its network. “MTN would like to convey its sincerest apology to customers that may have been affected by service disruptions in the last two weeks,” the mobile operator
MTN South Africa’s chief enterprise officer, Lambo Kanagaratnam, has resigned from the company and will be replaced by former Cisco MD Alpheus Mangale, the telecommunications operator said on Tuesday. Lambotharan is leaving the company
