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Android smartphone users are being warned of a new Trojan that could send their bills skyrocketing. The Android.Pjapps virus is spread using hacked versions of legitimate applications that are hosted

Copper theft spiked in January, costing R20,5m, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Monday. “These levels are unsustainable and will continue to drive up the costs for consumers

The Competition Commission will not refer any part of Mustek’s complaint about alleged anticompetitive behaviour by rival Hewlett-Packard to the Competition Tribunal. Mustek had accused HP of

Communications minister Roy Padayachie says government is considering “unique models” for unbundling Telkom’s local loop, the “last mile” of copper cables into homes and businesses

After meeting with technology industry leaders on Friday, communications minister Roy Padayachie held a press conference with selected executives who participated in the discussion. Here is the podcast

Communications minister Roy Padayachie hosted technology industry leaders at a roundtable on Friday to discuss ways of growing the sector and creating jobs. Here’s who attended the event

Government is keen to “entrench” certain of the special rights it enjoys in Telkom under its “class-A share” that expires on 5 March. Communications minister Roy Padayachie

National treasury has reinforced communications minister Roy Padayachie’s call for Telkom’s local loop to be unbundled by November this year. The local loop is the copper-cable network

Neotel is taking advantage of the 1 March cut in mobile termination rates to cut the cost of calls to mobile phones. It’s the first operator to announce cuts on the back of the lowering of the rates

SuperSport has let go of rugby commentator Andrew (Tank) Lanning after he revealed market-sensitive information about the company on popular social media platform Twitter. The broadcaster’s communications manager