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Microsoft South Africa has introduced its first sub-R1 000 smartphone. The dual-Sim Lumia 430 will cost R999 on prepaid, targeting the largest and fastest-growing segment in the smartphone market

Telkom has denied a suggestion that a new policy, which could lead to downtime for broadband asymmetric digital subscriber line switching Internet service providers, is anticompetitive. This comes after some ISPs warned their customers that

Altech has added Warner Bros to the content bouquet offered on the Node video-on-demand and home automation set-top box in a move it says “substantially extends its content library of movie and television entertainment”. Despite “lower than

A South African government tender to install 250MW of wind-generating capacity has been awarded to a consortium led by an Ireland-based wind and solar company. The award was made under the fourth round of the government’s renewable

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to not to prosecute Johannesburg- and New York-listed electronic payments specialist Net1 UEPS Technologies over allegations that the

The fibre broadband market in South Africa is becoming increasingly competitive, according to Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko. At Telkom’s annual results briefing in Johannesburg on Monday

Telkom has a more than a million broadband digital subscriber line users for the first time. The telecommunications operator revealed on Monday that it had cracked this number in its financial year ended 31 March 2015. Telkom introduced DSL in South

Telkom has reported stronger revenues but weaker profit after tax, according to its annual results for the period ending 31 March 2015. Telkom’s net revenue increased by 3,1% during the period to R26bn. Group operating revenue increased by 1,2%

South Africa’s integrated communications service provider Telkom is set to release full-year results on Monday, 8 June. The last few years have seen the company’s core fixed-line business trending lower, as growth in infrastructure and in turn increased