Fibre-to-the-home broadband provider Octotel said on Thursday that it is going to expand its infrastructure roll-out to reach more than 100 000 homes passed within a year. The company, which offers open-access fibre, has so
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EOH founder and nonexecutive chairman Asher Bohbot said on Wednesday that the JSE-listed IT services group was caught up in the “war” over state capture in South Africa. Speaking to investment analysts and
Facebook, reeling from a scandal involving the misuse of 50m users’ private data, has moved to tighten up its privacy rules and make it easier for people to manage how their information is used and shared. Reports earlier this
Cell C will zero-rate data for all its customers this Easter long weekend wanting to try its new Black video-on-demand entertainment offering. The mobile operator, South Africa’s third largest, is making a big push
US technology giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise has acquired the privately held Cape Networks, a Cape Town-based technology start-up with offices in San Francisco. Cape Networks will become a part of HPE subsidiary
EOH’s 2018 financial year has got off to a rough start. The diversified IT services group said on Wednesday that headline earnings fell 23% in the six months to 31 January 2018, from R595.5m a year ago to R458.4m
In a bid to boost financial inclusion in South Africa, bank accounts may soon be linked to easy-to-remember identifiers like cellphone numbers. The linking of bank accounts to easy-to-remember identifiers
Orange plans to distribute as many as 20 000 solar kits in four African countries in partnership with UK-based renewable energy firm BBOXX as an increasing number of companies seek to roll out off-grid solar power
A record wave of stock is heading for Ghana’s market as MTN Group is said to prepare to sell a chunk of its local unit to investors for about $790m (R9.2bn). The shares should be snapped up, the country’s
Xiaomi has unveiled its latest top-tier smartphone to bring the fight to Apple and Samsung, as the Chinese start-up readies a highly anticipated initial public offering.
Co-founder Lei Jun showed off the MIX 2S, which