The bulk of South African consumers continue to watch television as and when it’s broadcast, but there is growing demand not only for on-demand content but also for the ability to consume it anywhere. Also, a growing number of consumers
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Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa run the real risk of missing an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) deadline of June 2015 to complete migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television. This will come at an opportunity cost
Pretoria-based IT School Innovation (Itsi) wants to use tablet computers in South African education and believes that e-learning shouldn’t merely turn printed content into digital format but be used to enhance teaching materials and increase engagement
The 16% electricity tariff hike every year for the next five years is unavoidable, public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. “It [the tariff increase] is not fair, [but] it is necessary,” Gigaba said at a business breakfast in Fourways.
Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, has reached an agreement with Google to allow its customers to access the US company’s search service, its Gmail e-mail software and social networking website Google+ for free from mobile devices. The service, called
South Africa needs an independent operator in the electricity sector, the Free Market Foundation (FMF) said on Tuesday. A single grid owner and operator, South Africa’s current model, resulted in a lack of competition, FMF director Eustace Davie told reporters
The South African government must be careful not to crowd out the private sector as it moves to increase the penetration of broadband services in the country. This is the warning from Dimension Data Africa and Convergence Partners chairman Andile Ngcaba, who was
For the first time in Vodacom’s history, the number of SMS and MMS messages sent by the mobile operator’s South African customers has declined, information accompanying its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2012 shows
The number of mobile subscriptions in Africa will cross the 750m mark during the fourth quarter of 2012 and reach 1bn before the end of 2015, according to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media. Africa has the highest rate of growth in
Vodacom has lifted its interim dividend by 36,5% to R3,55/share on the back of a strong financial performance, particularly in its non-South African operations, in the six months ended 30 September 2012. Outside South Africa, Vodacom’s