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TelkomInternet, Telkom’s Internet service provider, is raising the bandwidth caps it imposes on its AllAccess customers as competition intensifies. In July, the company announced a promotion for its “data hungry” customers in which the monthly data cap on 1GB

Mobile operators are struggling to keep up with demand for data services on their networks. The solution, according to networking giant Cisco, may lie in rolling out ubiquitous Wi-Fi networks that seamlessly “offload” mobile users to them

MTN Business is launching a range of what it calls “agnostic” applications for mobile devices specifically targeted at its corporate customers. The apps are aimed at a wide range of businesses, including those in manufacturing, health care

This week’s sharp fall in the value of the rand against major currencies is bad news for gadget-loving South Africans and the technology companies that import hi-tech gear and computer equipment. The currency’s fall may also reduce the

FibreCo, the joint venture between Cell C, Convergence Partners and Internet Solutions, has awarded the contract for the construction of its national open-access fibre optic network to China’s ZTE. The company plans to build a 12 000km national fibre-optic

Six suspects, not 10 as earlier reported by Sapa, were arrested on Thursday morning at MTN’s head office near Roodepoort. The operator explains the six — two of whom were MTN contractors — are suspected to have sold new Sim

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has set down a provisional date for hearings on local-loop unbundling, the regulatory intervention that will force Telkom to open its “last mile” of copper cables to competitors

Alan Knott-Craig’s investment vehicle, World of Avatar, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 90% of Stellenbosch-based MXit for an undisclosed amount, with 10% remaining in the hands of its staff via a trust, which was set

Ten MTN staff members were arrested in Fairland, north-west of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning for alleged fraud involving an amount of R200m, Metro police said. Spokesman Wayne Minnaar said the eight men and two women

The African Internet has the highest data packet loss and the worst throughput figures of any region in the world. Moreover, the continent is about 18 years behind Europe in terms of performance and the situation is improving more slowly than other parts of the