Sentech’s failure to better encrypt its signal to prevent pirate viewing in Botswana, is damaging business for e.tv’s sister channel, the high court in Johannesburg heard on Thursday. Representing eBotswana, advocate Steven Budlender
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Independent data centre operator Teraco is expanding its facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town and building a new centre in Durban as demand in the SA market explodes. But it’s having to focus enormous energy on increasing power efficiencies
MTN MobileMoney is introducing an e-commerce payment mechanism called payD that allows SA consumers to buy products and services online using their debit cards. Budget airline 1time is the first company to offer the new online payment technology
Solidarity has asked the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to intervene in its wage dispute with Telkom, the union said on Wednesday. “Trade unions earlier referred a dispute to the CCMA on the grounds that Telkom
Internet service provider Afrihost is at an advanced stage of talks to acquire rival Axxess DSL, TechCentral has learnt from a well-placed industry source. Afrihost CEO Gian Visser confirms that the company is buying the entire share capital
eBotswana, a sister company of SA free-to-air television broadcaster e.tv, is in court this week seeking an application against state-owned broadcast signal distributor Sentech over the latter’s alleged failure to secure the encryption on its Vivid digital
A senior BT Group official has hinted that the company, formerly known as British Telecom, is “close to” investing in fibre projects in Africa, and in “SA in particular”, as demand for high-capacity infrastructure in the region explodes. A “data tsunami”
Hacking into the ANC Youth League’s website is an easy because of its disregard for Web security, a senior IT expert said on Tuesday. The latest hacking attacks on the league’s website occurred on Sunday
Budget airline 1time is introducing Apple’s iPad 2 into the pilots’ flight deck as an all-in-one electronic flight bag. Pilots will have electronic fingertip access to a variety of vital resources normally included in a pilot’s carry-on flight bag. The system will
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has queried the status of two initiatives designed to ensure that all South Africans have access to affordable voice and data services. The body, which represents most ISPs in SA, wants to