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Gijima, the IT company controlled by controversial businessman Robert Gumede, is seen as too important to be allowed to fail, according to a source familiar with the thinking behind this week’s deal between the company

MTN president and CEO Phuthuma Nhleko delivered his final set of annual results for the telecommunications group on Wednesday, showcasing another dazzling set of numbers and sending the share price up

Want fibre to your home? You could soon have it. i3 Africa, a new company backed by the National Empowerment Fund, plans to build a high-speed fibre network connecting 2,5m homes within the next

Can Microsoft undergo a dramatic transformation to make itself cool again in the eyes of consumers, or are old dogs just incapable of learning new tricks, asks Brett Haggard. With Windows dominating the desktop operating system market

Internet Solutions is betting big on telecommunications infrastructure, with plans to participate in a wireless spectrum auction later this year that could result in it building a national wireless broadband network

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took centre stage at Apple’s highly anticipated iPad 2 launch in San Francisco on Wednesday, hailing the arrival of the post-personal computer world. The audience, made up mainly of journalists

Is your fancy new smartphone behaving strangely? Don’t just shrug it off. Security experts warn that as phones become more like computers, they’re becoming a target for the writers of malicious software

Wholesale call termination rates come down at midnight tonight, but consumers shouldn’t expect retail price cuts from the big mobile operators. Both Vodacom and MTN have confirmed to TechCentral

Communications minister Roy Padayachie has assured the JSE that it will not seek any special rights over Telkom that are in violation of the bourse’s rules and regulations

TechCentral brings you a special podcast interview with communications minister Roy Padayachie on how government wants to work with the private sector to grow SA’s communications technology industry