Author: Staff Reporter

Vodacom has finally announced uncapped plans for fibre-to-the-home broadband across a range of infrastructure providers where it acts as an Internet service provider. The uncapped price plans have been introduced in addition to the existing

Standard Bank has launched an initiative aimed at increasing the percentage of women working in the traditionally male-dominated technology field. The bank’s Geek Girl initiative will focus on young women, aiming to “inspire

Sasol employees have begun moving into the South African energy and chemicals company’s giant, hi-tech new head office in Sandton, north of Johannesburg. The building, Sasol Place, located at 50 Katherine Street, cost R2bn

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