The drive is on to give the poor in rural areas access to communication services, communications minister Dina Pule said on Tuesday. “Our aim is to bridge the rural-urban divide by 2020 with the help of the state-owned enterprises, such as [state-owned signal distributor] Sentech and the Universal Service
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Banks that can’t stay on top of credit card fraud risk losing customers as well as incurring reputational damage over and above the financial implications of being defrauded. Moreover, credit card fraud appears to be on the rise. These are the views of Colin Hill, senior solutions manager for financial crimes and risk management
MTN is increasing the download speed for users of its “uncapped” Internet products who reach fair-use limits. This follows a four-month trial, which ends this month, in which it offered uncapped mobile broadband without any limitations. MTN, which is the only mobile cellular operator in SA to offer uncapped plans
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has warned the “apparent intention” of the National Consumer Commission to force Internet service providers to carry over prepaid data purchased by consumers for up to three years could drive up
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will probe the “flawed” R2,4bn IT tender, “Who Am I Online?”, awarded to technology group Gijima. The contract was awarded in 2007 and later cancelled after costs ballooned. According to City Press newspaper, Madonsela will investigate whether Gijima CEO Jonas Bogoshi
Research in Motion (RIM) co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, have resigned under pressure as the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones continues to come under pressure from bigger rivals Apple and Google in the market they effectively
Mobile operators need to find ways of boosting revenues and sustaining or growing profits by selling applications or other value-added products and services that can make up for the growing deficit between profit margins on data and those from traditional voice calls. This is the view of Fernando Usera
Jeffrey Hedberg has resigned as Altech’s chief operating officer less than nine months after joining the JSE-listed technology group, adding to a growing exodus of top management. Hedberg, a US national who was previously acting group CEO at Telkom, was appointed to Altech
Google has launched a new initiative to get SA small and medium-sized businesses online. Called Woza Online
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has responded to the Communications Workers Union’s planned strike action, which is expected to start on Friday, by warning that although it respects the right of its employees to strike those that do so will not be paid while they’re not at work