ANC MP Eric Kholwane is the new chairman of parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, replacing Ismail Vadi, who was named earlier this month as the new MEC for roads and transport in Gauteng.
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The Naspers growth story continues apace. The technology and media group said on Thursday that expects core earnings per share to leap by up to 35% in the six months to 30 September 2010. The news sent the group’s share price
The Competition Commission wants to add charges against Telkom in two cases of alleged market position abuse, which is now being investigated by the Competition Tribunal. Telkom faces potential charges of up to R7bn
MWeb fixed-line broadband customers in Johannesburg and Pretoria were without international bandwidth until at least 4pm on Wednesday following a fibre-optic cable break.
Dimension Data is ending its 23-year listing on the JSE on a high note. The IT group, which is being acquired by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corp, reported a 9,9% increase in sales in constant currency terms in the 2010 financial year
Cell C has finally launched its high-speed mobile broadband network in Gauteng after first switching on the service in Port Elizabeth a little over 10 weeks ago. The company is promising average download speeds
Data centre specialist Teraco Data Environments intends to invest nearly R300m in new data centres in the next 24 months on the back of escalating demand for cloud computing services. It is also looking to build data centres
Incredible Connection, SA’s largest IT retailer, has stepped into the broadband business. It’s offering consumers who buy a laptop or desktop computer in its stores up to 65GB of “free” fixed-line bandwidth. The retailer has launched the offer
JSE-listed outsourcing specialist, the Dialogue Group, has sold its 51% stake in disaster recovery firm ContinuitySA for R35m. CoroCapital, the investment banking firm and subsidiary of Coronation
Nigerian company Zinox Technologies, in which JSE-listed Mustek has a 12% stake, has landed a deal worth R1bn for voter registration machines. Zinox must supply 132 000 machines to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission