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An application to broadcast three pornography channels has been made with the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), TopTV has confirmed. CEO Eddie Mbalo said in a statement that while the law encouraged public participation, the final decision rested with Icasa, and depended on the merits
Orange, the mobile arm of France Telecom, is entering South Africa’s cellular communications industry with the intention of launching a fully fledged virtual mobile network operator (MVNO) with one of the country’s network providers. However, the launch of the MVNO is not imminent
Orange has denied there is any link between the closure of local online e-retailing website eXpansys.co.za and the France Telecom-owned mobile operator’s decision to partner with eXpansys in the UK to sell electronics goods to South Africans. eXpansys.co.za was operated by the
Cell C is losing its chief financial officer. Fabrizio Mambrini, who joined the mobile operator five years ago, has tendered his resignation and will leave its employ soon, TechCentral has learnt. Mambrini will return to Oger Telecom, Cell C’s parent company, where
Vodacom is facing a court challenge from Wi-Fi specialist WirelessG, which claims the mobile operator, South Africa’s biggest, has reneged on a shareholder agreement that grants its partner exclusivity over any Wi-Fi infrastructure Vodacom wants to build or operate. WirelessG CEO Carel
E.tv has lashed out at the ministry of communications over media statements it issued on Monday regarding the free-to-air broadcaster’s recent high court victory, saying they “misrepresent the nature of the ruling and imply that free-to-air broadcasters are responsible for delays” in migrating from
South African Apple distributor Core Group has said it will begin selling the Apple TV set-top box from this Friday, at a recommended retail price of R1 099. The move comes just weeks after Apple began offering a limited selection of movies in the South African iTunes Store. The
JSE-listed global technology distribution and services company Datatec is lowering its forecasts for its full financial year, which ends on 28 February, due to a poor second-half performance at Westcon. Group revenues for the 2013 financial year are now expected to be about US$5,4bn, up from
UK music retailer HMV said this week that unless it can find a buyer, it will soon be forced to close its doors. HMV’s news comes just a week after the Virgin Megastore in France chain said it was headed towards bankruptcy. Although South Africa is a very different market
Economic models show it is better and fairer for tariffs — not taxes — to pay for electricity, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) heard on Tuesday. If electricity was sold at the “right price”, it would be used more efficiently, so less would have to be invested in new generating capacity, Eskom
