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Broadband Infraco appears to be in limbo. After national treasury made no mention of the state-owned telecommunications company in its latest budget vote allocations, an Infraco spokesman has downplayed industry talk that it will soon be put up for sale. “Broadband
MultiChoice has added three new channels to its recently launched DStv Now application for smart devices. The channels are ShortsTV,…
Samsung made it clear at the launch of its two new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, on Sunday evening that it’s taking direct aim at Apple as it fights to make up ground
It’s Mobile World Congress time again, and that means most of the world’s smartphone manufacturers (notably barring Apple) are getting ready to wow audiences with their latest and greatest handsets
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday called for clarity in relation to reports that the communications ministry spent an unauthorised R1,6m on newspaper advertisements. “It is reported … that this expenditure did not go through the proper approval processes
If you’d invested R40 000 in the shares of Durban-based technology company Adapt IT five years ago, you’d be a millionaire today. Adapt IT’s shares have risen by a spectacular 2 400% in the past five years, making it the best performing technology counter on the JSE
MultiChoice has announced annual price hikes for its various DStv bouquets. The top-end DStv Premium bouquet will rise by 5,1% to R699/month, from R665/month previously, with the “access” fee for personal video recorder owners rising by R5 to R80/month, an
Roads agency Sanral on Thursday welcomed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s endorsement of the e-tolling system in Gauteng. Delivering his budget speech in parliament on Wednesday, Nene said the toll tariffs would be adjusted downwards, but government
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has called on South Africa’s telecommunications operators to bring down the cost of mobile broadband by introducing wholesale mobile data products that ISPs can resell. “Ispa argues that the absence
Johannesburg residents have been challenged to help solve the city’s problems using technology, and could win a share of R5m in prize money in the process to fund their own start-up businesses if their ideas
