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Designed with feature-phone users in mind, in less than six months Metrorail’s mobile site, GoMetro, has attracted more than half a million monthly visitors. The reason could provide insights into how to target South Africa’s mass commuter market where smartphones are not prevalent. GoMetro offers
Could MTN South Africa be falling victim to the fierce price competition in the mobile industry? Its latest subscriber numbers suggest this might be the case. In the first quarter of 2013, the operator shed 1,9% of its customers, dropping from 25,4m subscribers at the end of December 2012 to 24,9m at the end of
Consumers who buy Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S4 smartphone get a 24-month warranty with it, which includes two free repairs or replacements in the case of accidental damage. The cover extends to damaged screens and water damage and applies
Altech will not give up on the idea of pursuing international acquisitions, despite the financial disaster it that has unfolded for it in East and West Africa in recent years. However, the JSE-listed technology group will take a breather before pursuing new deals, says CEO
Communications minister Dina Pule says she is still waiting for e.tv and the SABC to finalise the set-top box access control mechanism, and that this is holding up the migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television. Pule made the comments at a breakfast
Suspended SABC head of news Phil Molefe was paid full benefits amounting to R2,2m while at home last year, it was reported on Thursday. SABC chief financial officer Gugu Duda was paid R1,5m, The Star reported. In written parliamentary reply, communications minister Dina Pule
Altech’s share price fell by more than 4% in late afternoon trading on Wednesday after it turned in a huge loss for the financial year ended 28 February. The JSE-listed technology group, which has had a torrid time in recent years because of the poor performance of its operations outside South Africa, turned
The department of trade & industry violated the operational independence of the head of the National Consumer Commission, public protector Thuli Madonsela said on Wednesday. “The signed shareholder compact between the commission and the department indicates that the commissioner
Financially distressed pay-television operator TopTV has been given the nod by its regulator to broadcast thee adult content channels. The company may only broadcast the channels — Playboy TV, Desire TV and Private Spice — between 8pm and 5am, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has ruled
The website of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) was hacked on Wednesday. The landing page was replaced with a page of scrolling binary code and the heading “rEd X Was Here”, along with the phrase “Proud to be a Bangladeshi Hacker”. In addition, the hacked page plays a pop
