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Telkom has no immediate plans to cut the cost of calls to mobile phones, despite a sharp fall in the rate mobile operators are permitted to charge the fixed-line operator to terminate calls originating on its network on 1 March. Mobile termination rates were cut from

With the cut in termination rates on Thursday, Neotel and MTN Business were first out of the blocks with retail tariff reductions. Termination rates are the wholesale rates operators charge each other to field calls over their networks. As of Thursday, the rate for calls to and between mobile networks falls from

Fast-growing JSE-listed IT group EOH expects earnings for the six months to end-January 2012 to be as much as 35% higher than the same period a year ago, it told shareholders on Thursday. The group, led by CEO Asher Bohbot, pictured, says it expects earnings per share and headline earnings per share to be

Cell C is shaking up its approach to marketing and advertising. Comedian Trevor Noah, who had become synonymous with the brand, is out. In is a more “experiential and testimonial-style” approach to capturing market share. Cell C, which has just over 10% of the mobile market in SA, has released a new

Apple’s market value exceeded the half-a-trillion-dollar mark for the first time in after-hours trading in New York on Tuesday, just 40 days after it breached the $400bn level. Apple is now by far the most valuable listed US company, with a market value at Tuesday’s close a full $87bn ahead of the next largest

Africa looks set to get its own generic top-level domain, .africa, in 2013 if the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) gives the go-ahead, which looks likely. The creation of the new domain could set off a gold rush and create headaches for businesses wanting to protect their brands

The value of copper theft in SA increased in January, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Tuesday. The increase coincided with an upturn in the international copper price. Sacci spokesman Nonie Makhanya said the Copper Theft Barometer registered a level of R21,9m in January

Computer maker Dell is “long longer a PC company” but an “IT solutions company”, Brad Anderson, the president of its enterprise solution group said at the launch of its enterprise solutions in London on Monday, Craig Wilson reports. Anderson says the company has made 18 acquisitions since 2008, continues

If SA consumers are ever to enjoy high-speed Internet access delivered over fibre-optic cables into their homes, government will need to assist the telecommunications industry to build the infrastructure and Internet service providers will have to do a better job of educating customers about the potential of

An information and communications technology hub is to be developed at Nasrec in Gauteng, the provincial government said on Monday. Several major international and local investors had committed themselves to the development, which would become an ICT