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MTN South Africa on Monday issued an ambiguous statement saying it was cutting the cost of international telephone calls to “as little as 75c/minute” to a number of markets across Africa, including Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland. It’s been widely reported
The labour court has instructed the SABC to allow former editor Montlenyane Diphoko to return to work, his attorney said on Monday. “The court has upheld the findings of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) last year, and instructed the SABC to allow my client
Transaction values processed through Nedbank’s App Suite have exceeded R23bn in the little over 12 months since the transactional banking application was released. The number was disclosed by Nedbank chief information officer Fred Swanepoel in a statement on Monday in which the bank announced
Those eager to hear the outcome of the drawn-out saga of Screamer Telecommunications’ allegedly unlawful deal with Sentech to use a portion of the state-owned signal distributor’s spectrum will have to wait until at least November. Screamer appeared before the Independent
Writer and activist Cory Doctorow says competition keeps Google behaving ethically because it believes there are benefits to be had. However, as it moves into sectors where it faces fewer rivals this may not always be the case. “In the areas where Google actively competes
Taxpayers have had to fork out more than R1m for former communications minister Dina Pule’s legal fees, her successor Yunus Carrim revealed on Friday. “The total legal costs incurred thus far in respect of these matters amount to R1 187 148,82,” Carrim said in written reply to a parliamentary
Tablets, smartphones and laptops aren’t having the negative effect on television viewing many predicted, according to a new report from Deloitte. The report, “Survival of the fastest: TV’s evolution in a connected world”, has found that the increase in second screens has “barely caused a ripple in TV behaviour
StarTimes, the Chinese company that recently came to the rescue of On Digital Media’s TopTV pay-television business, has signed a 10-year contract with European satellite operator SES to expand its media footprint in Africa. The contact involves use of the SES-5
Broadcasters, tired of dithering and delays around the migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT), have cashed in on the gap in the market to introduce new satellite offerings in both the free-to-air and pay-TV sectors. The concern by some in the broadcast sector, in particular
Author and technology activist Cory Doctorow has slammed the policies of the National Security Agency (NSA) and bodies like it, saying they’ve deliberately undermined online security without consideration of the long-term impact this will have. “Weakening the
