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Telkom shares were trading up by more than 5% in lunchtime trading on the JSE on Thursday after issuing a positive earnings update. For the year ended 31 March 2014, Telkom said it expects basic earnings per share from continuing operations to be between R29,72
Copper theft increased in April to 176 tonnes worth R12,5m, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Thursday. It marked an increase of 23 tonnes from March, the chamber said. Compared to April 2013, copper theft had risen by
Steyn City, the enormous, R6bn property development north of Johannesburg spearheaded by business tycoon Douw Steyn, has revealed ambitious plans to build an advanced fibre network to connect homes and businesses in the area. Steyn City, which will be launched in March 2015, is a mixed-use lifestyle development already under construction
There has finally been some development in the long-running saga over Screamer Telecommunications’ alleged unlawful deal with Sentech to use a portion of the state-owned signal distributor’s spectrum, a matter under investigation by communications regulator Icasa’s complaints and compliance committee. Icasa referred the matter to the committee
Nine in 10 bosses of telecommunications companies in South Africa are confident about their firms’ ability to grow revenues over the next three years, despite growing competitive pressures. This is a key finding of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 17th annual global CEO survey, which was released this month. Collaboration is top
A security report released by IT consultant Johan Pienaar claims accounting software firm Sage Pastel left customer data exposed on an FTP server used by its technical support department to assist clients when they encounter problems with its software. Founded in 1989, Sage Pastel is a large South African developer of payroll
Ten million wearable computing devices will be sold worldwide this year, generating US$3bn in sales from smart glasses, smart watches and wearable fitness trackers. That’s one of the predictions in Deloitte’s 2014 technology, media and telecommunications trend report. But the sale of wearables remains small fry next to smartphones
Has LG Electronics just out-Samsunged Samsung? On Tuesday, the smaller of the two fierce rivals of Korean consumer electronics took the wraps off the G3, the successor to its highly regarded G2, which it released in 2013. In at least one respect, LG has leapt ahead of its bigger rival: the G3’s 5,5-inch display is 2K
Twelve people linked to a cyber crime syndicate appeared in the Pretoria magistrate’s court on Wednesday. They allegedly defrauded people of their money globally using fake credit card information. Last Tuesday, 12 people were arrested in Pretoria and 10 in the US and Canada, authorities from the three countries said
MTN South Africa remains under pressure, reporting a decline in revenue in the first four months of 2014 compared to the same period a year ago, the JSE-listed telecommunications group said on Tuesday. The contraction in revenue was the result of the reduction in retail rates and the 1 April 2014 reduction in mobile inter-network
