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Telecommunications company Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) wants Joseph Lebooa, a councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) removed from investigations into outstanding licence fees and allegations of illegal use of spectrum because he is “clearly conflicted”, it says
South African mapping company MapIT has created indoor maps of 65 local shopping malls and the country’s nine largest airports. The maps, created in conjunction with partner Micello, will be used in mobile and desktop applications and could allow for location-based advertising by store owners and
Owners of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers will get 1GB/month of data at AlwaysOn hotspots for 12 months at no charge. The offer applies to Samsung devices purchased after March 2010 and users with multiple products will get 1GB/month of data for each device. Users must
First National Bank has released a dedicated tablet version of its transactional banking application. Until now, customers have been able to use the FNB Banking App designed for iPhone and iPod touch on the iPad, but that version of the app isn’t optimised for the tablet computer’s larger
Times Media Group, the publishing, music and retail group formerly known as Avusa, has said it intends acquiring the 50% stake in the loss-making BDFM it does not own. Times Media, which owns the Sunday Times, Exclusive Books, Nu Metro and Gallo Music, is buying the stake
A Johannesburg man is taking legal action against the National Gambling Board (NGB) after it withheld money he won through online gambling. “Any form of unlicensed online gambling in South Africa is prohibited and is a criminal offence,” board CEO Baby Tyawa was quoted in the Saturday Star as saying. He
Suspended communications department director-general Rosey Sekese has returned to work, but there’s still no official word on why she was placed on “special leave” in the first place. Sekese, who was sent home on enforced leave in mid-January, returned to work on Wednesday this
Social networking site Twitter is expected to launch a new music discovery application this weekend, while Apple is reportedly finalising deals with major labels before entering the streaming music space to take on Spotify and Pandora, which are a growing threat to the iTunes Store. There’s a
E-tolling on Gauteng roads will begin within the next two months, the roads agency Sanral said on Thursday. “What we are now waiting for is the completion of the parliamentary process, half of which is already done,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said in a statement. “As soon as the national
The personal computer industry is under severe pressure. New, preliminary data from research and analyst firm Gartner shows that 79,2m PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013, an 11,2% decline over the same quarter in 2012. This is the first time the number had fallen below 80m since the second quarter
