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Former Independent Communications of Authority of SA (Icasa) chairman Paris Mashile has been appointed as a nonexecutive director of state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech

US e-retailer Amazon.com has released the first major software update for its popular Kindle e-reader since it unveiled the Kindle 3 last year. The new software introduces

Blue Label Telecoms is preparing a claim to try to recover an unspecified amount of damages it says it has suffered after losing an exclusive contract with Telkom’s failed

There will be a dramatic increase in the number of independently operated automated teller machines (ATMs) in SA in the next five years. That’s the prediction of Marc Sternberg

FireID, the promising Cape Town-based mobile security start-up, has found a white knight. Alan Knott-Craig Jr’s investment company World of Avatar has come to the firm’s rescue

MTN Business, the business communications division of cellular operator MTN, is stepping up its fight with Telkom and alternative network operators with the introduction this week of UniPresence

Doubts have been cast over whether France Telecom’s Africa Coast to Europe (Ace) undersea cable will make it as far south as SA. Latest talk is that the cable, which

Tower sharing should prove a boon for SA Internet service providers wanting to roll out out their own broadband wireless infrastructure later this year. That’s the view of Pieter Nel

Nigeria has cancelled a US$2,5bn bid for its failing telephone company after the bidder defaulted on a $750m down payment, the most recent of numerous setbacks