BlackBerry’s App World is the most popular application store for smartphones in SA, new research has found. A report by Columinate and commissioned by Vodacom polled 11 industry professionals and about 400 smartphone owners and 35 developers
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Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys on Friday morning piqued the interest of SA smartphone users when he tweeted: “Just announced an SA apps ecosystem including local application store launching next week”. Now more details have emerged about
Canadian mobile device manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) is introducing BBM Music, a new BlackBerry Messenger service that allows for social and viral music discovery online. But there’s no word on when or even if the product will be launched in SA. The company
Tim Cook is set to take the reins from the world’s most celebrated CEO. Steve Jobs has recommended to Apple’s board of directors that chief operating officer Tim Cook takes the top job at the technology giant following his decision, announced
Vodacom has expressed “surprise” after being served with a compliance notice by national consumer commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala for allegedly refusing to amend its customer contracts to explain its call rates. Vodacom and other operators
National consumer commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala has served telecommunications operators with compliance notices after they refused to amend their customer contracts to explain their call rates. Signing the notice would legally bind the operators and
Neotel has grown its retail customer base to 70 000 subscribers and hopes to accelerate that growth with the introduction this week of new bundled voice and data products. Originally licensed as the first rival to Telkom, Neotel has
Vodacom will cut data prices for prepaid customers from 19 September by up to 42%, the country’s largest mobile operator said on Wednesday. This follows price reductions for contract customers announced earlier this month. However, the company has kept
Korean electronics giant Samsung says it believes mirrorless cameras will dominate the market in coming years. The company hopes the cameras will provide compact cameras with the sort of functionality usually limited to digital
BT Group is playing coy over its plans to invest significant capital in fibre-optic network infrastructure in SA, but TechCentral understands an announcement about its plans is imminent. Company executives skirted the issue at a press