Author: Staff Reporter

IBM has opened its second research location in Africa, and its first in South Africa, with an IBM Research Lab unveiled on Thursday at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. At the same time, the US technology company

Blue Label Telecoms has continued the strong performance it reported in its interim results earlier this year, turning in a solid earnings performance for the full-year to 31 May 2016. The JSE-listed technology group

More than 13 000 customers have been affected by “saboteurs” targeting Telkom’s network, the telecommunications operator said on Sunday. The attacks come as a strike involving members of the

A network outage has hit MTN for the second time this year. The mobile operator said on Thursday that it is experiencing voice and data connectivity issues affecting some of its subscribers across the country. “Engineers are

The South African Post Office on Thursday said it has launched a free app for Android and iOS that allows customers to keep track of all their parcels. Called simply “South African Post Office”, the app

Telkom has put up a reward of R500 000 for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of saboteurs who attacked its network on Wednesday. The company said on Thursday morning that a number of its facilities around

OpenView HD, the free-to-air satellite television broadcaster and sister company of e.tv, said this week that it will pull the plug on four channels on its platform in the next two months as it rejigs its line-up. ASTV, Spirit

The free-to-air satellite broadcaster will pull the plug on four channels off its platform in the next two months as it rejigs its line-up, it said on Wednesday. E.tv sister company and free-to-air satellite

The number of pay-television subscribers in Africa will reach 30m by 2021, almost double 2015’s 16m, according to new research. Data published by Dataxis suggests digital satellite pay-TV subscribers will

Telecommunications company Seacom, which operates an undersea cable system along Africa’s east coast, has signed a deal with Microsoft to allow its customers to connect directly via dedicated Ethernet links to