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Vumatel, the company that won the project to deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband in Parkhurst in Johannesburg, broke first ground on the project on Monday. The first trench was dug in a street outside Parkhurst Primary School. The fibre telecommunications start-up
JSE-listed Times Media Group, which owns a range of newspaper and other media assets, will launch a video-on-demand product next month. Called Vidi, the service, which will compete with pay-television operator MultiChoice
Charges of attempted bribery instituted against Pinnacle Holdings director Takalani Tshivhase have been dropped by the specialised commercial crimes unit of the national directorate of public prosecutions. The news has sent Pinnacle’s share price surging by more than 35%. Tshivhase, who was
Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has made a bid to acquire the news agency operations of the South African Press Association (Sapa) in order to form a new company with participation by other media houses, its chairman announced on Monday. “We intend to take Sapa into territory
DStv parent MultiChoice has taken the wraps off a new, low-cost decoder meant to get high-definition (HD) content into more homes. The company has announced its first HD single-view decoder, the DStv HD Decoder, which offers HD and Dolby Digital
The supreme court of appeal is expected to hear an appeal by billionaire businessman Mark Shuttleworth against a R250m levy imposed by the South African Reserve Bank, the Sunday Independent reported. Shuttleworth would on Thursday argue against the decision by
A dispute over an empowerment deal that has soured could cost South Africa a massive boost to the local set-top box manufacturing sector. At the heart of the dispute is the relationship that the National Association of Manufacturers in Electronic Components, an industry body for
The iStore at Centurion Mall was robbed of goods worth over R1m on Friday, Gauteng police said. “The following properties were taken — iPhones, laptops, and tablets worth over a million,” spokeswoman Khensani Magoai said in a statement. Four men allegedly entered the store pretending
Another iStore was robbed in Gauteng on Friday – this time at Centurion Mall in Pretoria, police said. Warrant officer Hero Gumbu confirmed the robbery but could not give further details on what had happened. He said the provincial office would issue statement on the robbery
Hefty price cuts to retail broadband prices are likely imminent, at least for the speediest fixed-line products, after Telkom this week took an axe to wholesale prices, reducing fees by up to 37%. In an effort to spur demand for higher speed broadband services based on
