Icasa has decided to conduct an inquiry into the so-called “must-carry regulations”, which allow MultiChoice and other pay-television operators to carry the SABC public service channels at no cost.
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Two Gugulethu entrepreneurs applied on Tuesday to the court of the Commissioner of Patents in Pretoria for an interdict to stop Nedbank from using a card-blocking system they say was stolen from them.
The decline in the number of subscribers to DStv Premium accelerated slightly in the year to March 2019 and MultiChoice is actively looking at ways to stem the erosion.
MultiChoice reported a strong set of full-year results on Tuesday, with good growth coming from its lower-tier pay-television bouquets, although its DStv Premium segment remains under pressure.
First National Bank’s online banking website suffered unscheduled downtime on Tuesday, with frustrated customers taking to social media to complain about the outage.
Naspers subsidiary PayU is among the founding members of the Libra Association, a group of companies that will have an equal say in how Facebook’s new cryptocurrency is managed.
Facebook is to launch a cryptocurrency next year – backed by the likes of Mastercard, Visa and PayPal – which will allow people to move money from their smartphones.
Facebook has announced its own form of cryptocurrency called Libra alongside a digital wallet named Calibra, which will allow users to pay for everyday items directly using their smartphone.
Apple is strongly rumoured to be putting its standard iPhone model on a diet next year, releasing a 5G version with a 5.45-inch screen, down from 5.8 inches in the current Xs model.
Apple boss Tim Cook has taken aim at “chaos factory” technology giants for failing to take responsibility for data breaches and privacy violations.