The capacity of today’s wireless communications networks has increased a million-fold since the introduction of the first cellular network in 1957. But this improvement isn’t due to improving connectivity technologies such as Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G and so on, which
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Government should make better use of regulatory tools and legislation to foster a more competitive environment in South Africa’s pay-television industry rather than requiring that conditional access technology be included in state-subsidised set-top boxes. That’s the
Passwords are a pain. I seem to have 100 or more different identities on different websites to manage. Whenever I book a flight or buy a concert ticket, it often means setting up yet another persona and coming up with a password to authenticate it. It’s got so bad I’ve
The investment by UK-based private equity firm Permira into one of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest data centre companies, Teraco Data Environments, is another marker that private equity players in Europe and the US are taking investing in South African and Africa
The man tasked with running South Africa’s digital migration project at the department of communications, Solly Mokoetle, says the Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa has jumped the gun by launching a multibillion-rand tender before a final policy
There are claims that Microsoft is to retire its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser and replace it with an all-new browser called Spartan with the upcoming release of Windows 10. As of February 2015, IE’s market share slipped to second place with around 17%, while
Pictures of BMW’s i3 don’t do justice to what is a truly modern urban electric vehicle. Being launched next to the stunning i8 sportscar doesn’t help either, as the inevitable comparison leads to
Whether you’re sitting in a plush C-suite making executive decisions for a multinational, or sitting alone in your study working on a zany start-up idea, productivity matters. How quickly and efficiently we can get things done shapes the course of our careers, our companies
Although online retail counts for less than 1% of South Africa’s total retail revenue, local e-commerce players are betting on a rapidly maturing market that is moving online with increasing confidence. According to a recent survey released by advisory firm PwC, the
Technology group Pinnacle Holdings will focus on bedding down its African expansion and focusing on company operations as a strategy to rebuild shareholder confidence. Pinnacle CEO Arnold Fourie says