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Vodacom SA has announced new flat-rate fees for customers roaming in half a dozen African countries in which it and parent Vodafone operate. Aside from reduced rates, the biggest benefit to Vodacom users is the fact that incoming calls and SMS messages are now free
SA universities are partly to blame for a lack of innovation in different industries, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Wednesday. “Our research and development surveys show that too little local business research and development is
Live testing of Gauteng electronic toll transactions for road users with e-tag accounts would start this week, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Tuesday. “Road users who have registered for Gauteng e-tolling and fitted an e-tag to their vehicles are advised that their e-tags will start
Telkom has hit back at ZTE Mzanzi, a networking equipment vendor that was successful in bringing an interdict against the fixed-line operator in the high court on Friday, saying the court order will delay the roll-out of its upgraded access network and ultimately harm consumers. The operator said it was “confident” that its “robust procurement policy and the process
The supreme court of appeal has dismissed, with costs, applications from the Competition Commission and tracking company Tracetec against Altech Netstar in which they claimed Netstar engaged in anticompetitive behaviour. The original complaint was lodged in February 2005 and the alleged anticompetitive behaviour related to the period between
Some of the biggest computers you’ll ever see are going to help decipher data from the world’s largest telescope as it explores the origins of the universe. IBM has announced it has won a US$42m contract to work with the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Astron) to research the “exascale” computer systems that are needed for
Former MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has distanced himself from a controversial mobile operating licence in Iran that put together a package of bribes, trading opportunities in sophisticated weaponry, capital investment and diplomatic influence that the Islamic Republic could not resist. “I can state quite categorically that during
JSE-listed Jasco Electronics has acquired Arc Telecoms, a telecommunications company founded by former iBurst executives. As part of the deal, Arc CEO Steve Briggs will step down as head of the company. Jasco says the acquisition — the value of which has not been disclosed — will “bolster” the company’s
Telkom has agreed to cut the cost of IP Connect, the product Internet service providers have to purchase to get access to Telkom’s fixed-line broadband network, by 30% from Sunday, 1 April, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) said on Friday. ISPs have long complained about the high cost of IP Connect, saying it is one of the
Telkom’s start-up mobile unit continues to bleed red ink across the telecommunications group’s income statement. The unit, which operates under the 8ta branding in the consumer market,will turn in a R2,2bn loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in the year to end-March 2012. The operator expects basic earnings
