New research by Opensignal has found that South Africa scores poorly relative to many other nations when it comes to the quality of voice calls over mobile networks using apps such as WhatsApp.
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An outage has hit Twitter, preventing some users from tweeting, receiving notifications and viewing direct messages.
The speed of typing on a smartphone is catching up with physical keyboards, according to a large study of users on touchscreen handsets.
Four payments companies that have joined Facebook as founding members of the Libra Association are wavering over whether to officially sign on to the cryptocurrency project.
The ANC has approved a range of proposals to revive economic growth, but stopped short of endorsing finance minister Tito Mboweni’s controversial plan to sell some state assets.
A Zimbabwean government directive banning the purchase and sale of cash through mobile money services may halt much of the nation’s commerce.
Telkom has taken the wraps off new Sim-only fixed-LTE broadband plans for both contract and prepaid customers, with prices starting at R59/month for 5GB of data (plus 5GB of “night surfer” data).
Eskom’s standalone credit profile was downgraded one notch at Fitch Ratings, signalling the South African power utility’s worsening ability to repay debt without additional government support.
Underscoring the importance of social media to South African smartphone users, Telkom has unveiled a series of new “social bundles”, offering access from as little as R1.
What’s the world’s most widely used cryptocurrency? If you think it’s bitcoin, which accounts for about 70% of all the digital-asset world’s market value, you’re probably wrong.