All the latest technology news from South Africa and around the world.
Newspapers won’t die out, but publishers need to recognise that they are in the journalism business, not the newsprint business, and must embrace a range of news delivery vehicles. That’s the view of Peter Barron, Google’s director of external affairs
Cell C has lost an appeal against a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that its advertising, in which it makes certain speed claims about its network, is “misleading”. The authority has upheld an original decision by its directorate
African handset manufacturer Mi-Fone has launched dual-Sim handsets on the continent, hoping to capitalise on the fact that many of the continent’s consumers carry multiple Sim cards and devices to avoid high off-network call tariffs. The company
The City of Tshwane wants to make it easier for telecommunications operators to deploy fibre-optic networks in Pretoria and surrounding areas with a new set of bylaws to ease their construction. The city is set to release a document for public discussion
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has delayed publication of a discussion document on the unbundling of Telkom’s local loop of copper cable infrastructure by up to two weeks. In a terse statement issued on Friday, the authority
MTN has expanded its digital content portal, signing an agreement with Content Connect Africa to offer African music by artists from Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, SA and Kenya, among others. It also has bought rights to exclusive video content featuring
High-speed fibre to the home (FTTH) is “inevitable” in SA and will be commonplace within a decade, if not earlier. That’s the view of Richard Came, director at Community Investment Ventures, a telecommunications investment holding company
Egypt’s telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom says its fully owned subsidiary, Telecel Globe, has finalised a deal to sell its Namibian unit Powercom to Investec and Nedbank. A statement from Orascom on Thursday said the
Microsoft has taken the wraps off its forthcoming operating system, codenamed Windows 8, which it hopes will give it the platform it needs to fend off rivals Apple and Google, especially in the emerging field of tablet computing
Data centre operator Teraco Data Environments has secured a further R158m in funding. The financing includes both equity and debt, with the World Bank’s International Finance Corp and the Development Bank of Southern Africa
