Author: Staff Reporter

Netflix announced in January that it would begin cracking down on virtual private networking services and other tools that people around the world have used to access the US version of the video-on-demand streaming service. Now Steven

MTN has joined the growing list of South African telecommunications operators offering next-generation LTE-Advanced broadband services offering theoretical speeds in excess of 100Mbit/s over mobile connections. The company said

Prof Duncan Charles Baker, a well respected South African engineer, educator and volunteer, passed away on 12 March 2016. He was 77. Baker, who was born on 5 September 1938 in Grahamstown

South African and Italian researchers published a research paper on Tuesday demonstrating a new type of laser that is able to produce laser beams “with a twist” as its output, opening the way for novel new lasers for use in optical communication, laser machining and

MTN South Africa has appointed its chief marketing officer Larry Annetts to the newly created position of chief consumer officer. The move is meant to help MTN improve service quality and provide customers with a “distinct experience”, the

Metrofibre Networx, the fibre broadband company led by former Absa CEO Steve Booysen, has secured a new shareholder in the form of African Rainbow Capital (ARC), whose directors include billionaire Patrice Motsepe and former Sanlam CEO Johan van Zyl

First National Bank intends to axe 600 employee positions and close 40 retail branches as its customers shift to digital banking, according to a report. Bloomberg reported on Monday afternoon that the weak economy had also contributed to the cost-cutting

Hetzner’s data centre in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, is the site for an extension of the Johannesburg Internet Exchange, Internet exchange operator INX-ZA said on Monday. It’s the first time that Jinx has been expanded beyond its

Seacom is expanding its business services division to Cape Town and Durban, a year after launching the division in Gauteng. At the same time, the company is establishing an office in Cape Town. Seacom, which operates a high-capacity subsea

Cape Town-based open-access fibre-to-the-home broadband provider Octotel has announced plans to expand to the upmarket Atlantic seaboard suburbs of Mouille Point and Bantry Bay in the next two months. The company said on