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Mobile instant messaging provider MXit was voted number one by SA youth, beating a formidable list of global players like Facebook, YouTube and Yahoo, a survey showed on Wednesday. The survey, which was part of the Sunday Times Generation Next Survey, interviewed more than 5 800 youth from six provinces. MXit took first place for best cellphone application and best social networking applica
The final switch-over date from analogue to digital broadcasting could be delayed by at least a few months, communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Tuesday. This was due to a review of the technical standards currently being undertaken, he told the national assembly’s communications committee. The department of communications surprised the broadcasting industry recently when it said it was no longer necessarily committed to the European digital video
Telkom has submitted a proposal to resolve salary disparities among employees in two of its divisions, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday. “Employees’ discontentment over the salary disparities has reached boiling point, but Telkom’s new proposal is a clear indication that the company recognises the seriousness of the situation and
AltX-listed Huge Group has posted a strong turnaround in its fortunes in the past six months, converting a R5,9m loss in the six months to 31 August 2009 into a profit for the full year to 28 February of R8,1m on revenues that fell from R608,5m to R573,5m. The group has done this, it says, by improving operational efficiencies and
Cellphone network operator MTN SA says it has spent nearly R450m on network investments directly related to the 2010 soccer World Cup, including the roll-out of dedicated infrastructure at all the stadiums to be used during the tournament
Wholesale mobile call termination rates will not be cut on 1 July, as previously envisaged by the Independent Communications Authority…
Icasa has issued a second invitation to apply for a potentially lucrative digital mobile television broadcasting licence. This follows its…
In an extraordinary admission to the telecommunications and broadcasting industries, outgoing Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) chairman Paris Mashile said on Thursday evening that the regulator had “failed” the industry, adding that he would take personal responsibility for its poor performance
DStv operator MultiChoice is upping the ante with its new rival On Digital Media (ODM) and its TopTV service. On Thursday, the incumbent satellite pay-TV operator introduced a cut-price high-definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) decoder that it hopes will drive HD technology to a broader audience
The use of mobile Internet services in SA has “exploded”, though less than half of urban cellphone users who have…
