Author: Staff Reporter

Former MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh is joining pan-African telecommunications group Smile as executive director for operations with immediate effect. Farroukh quit MTN in July 2015 to take up the top job at Saudi Arabia’s second

Vodacom, working with Huawei, has launched its first Internet of things site using narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology. An existing 4G/LTE site was upgraded to support NB-IoT using software only. The site is fully compliant with the

Vodacom customers who use Apple iPhones can now make voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) calls over the operator’s network.
The move comes a year after the company first launched VoLTE calling using Samsung’s Galaxy S6

The government sector has joined the financial services industry as a major target of cyber attackers, according to new research released by Dimension Data. The research shows that the number of cyberattacks on governments

South African employment start-up Giraffe, which uses mobile phone technology to match people with work opportunities, has announced plans to expand its services across South Africa. The company said on Thursday that it now has over

JSE-listed Adapt IT has reached an agreement to buy technology company Micros for R61,3m. Micros provides software, hardware, enterprise systems integration, consulting, support and

Telkom subsidiary BCX (formerly Business Connexion) said on Wednesday that it will invest R60m in skills development over three years. The money will be pumped into WeThinkCode to more than double the number

Norwegian Web browser developer Opera Software has said it plans to invest US$100m (about R1,4bn) over the next two years in Africa. Part of that money will be used to establish offices in Kenya and Nigeria. “Africa is a very

Seacom has completed the repair of its submarine cable system in the Red Sea, a month after it was broken. But the company has now identified a secondary fault, which will require four days of “service-affecting” repair work next week. “The

It’s the phone of the moment. Samsung’s Galaxy S8, the Korean manufacturer’s new flagship device, is the device to own right now. But which operators have the best deals? Tariffic, a company which helps companies and