Author: Staff Reporter

Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has questioned whether the department of telecommunications & postal services has conducted a regulatory impact assessment for its planned wireless open-access network. The controversial proposed

The Orange Online Store, a source of lower-cost handsets free of operator bloatware, has been shut down in South Africa — and worldwide. South African visitors to the online store, operated by the French

Mobile may dominate as an access medium for the Internet in South Africa, but it’s fixed lines that are consuming most of the data traffic – and they will continue to do so. That’s according to Seacom chief development officer Suveer

South African Uber competitor Zebra Cabs has just secured R300m in funding from Futuregrowth Asset Management as the battle of the Internet hailing apps hots up. SA Taxi, which owns the Zebra Cabs owner-driver scheme, said on

JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms – the company in the throes of acquiring 45% of mobile operator Cell C for R5,5bn – has announced plans to invest in start-ups. The firm has unveiled a new “business boutique accelerator programme

The ZA Central Registry, which looks after the .za Internet domain, has been approved as an official registrar of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers. The development means ZACR can now

Naspers’s video entertainment assets, which include DStv operator MultiChoice, have come under severe margin pressure as investment in ShowMax and weak currencies in many of its markets put downward pressure on its trading

Cell C’s planned recapitalisation, in terms of which JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms will acquire 45% of the mobile operator for R5,5bn, has hit turbulence. News wires, including Reuters, reported on Thursday

Kagiso Media is placing a big bet on electronic sports and competitive videogaming with the launch of Mega8 eSports, which will host regular tournaments and offer “ample” prize money to players. The gaming platform was acquired by

Mastercard’s Masterpass now claims to be the most widely accepted digital wallet in South Africa after concluding a deal to allow consumers to use its wallet at the more than 30 000 SnapScan merchants in South Africa. Mastercard and SnapScan