Cell C’s decision last year to sell its base stations to US company American Tower Corp (ATC) could smooth the entry of new wireless operators later this year, paving the way for more robust broadband competition
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The intense competition and rapid innovation in the smartphone market have forced two of the industry’s biggest players to team up. Microsoft and Nokia last Friday
Neotel’s been getting a lot of bad press lately. Financial losses are mounting and retrenchments are looming. But it’s too soon to write the company off. If it acts tactically now, it could still be a force to be reckoned with in SA telecommunications
So, the iPad has finally gone on sale in SA, a year after the game-changing tablet computer was first unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. But consumers hankering for one would be well advised to exercise a little patience
News that SA is getting another mobile virtual network operator, the second after Virgin Mobile, might seem like a bit of a yawn at first. But given Red Bull’s powerful marketing and youthful
Government’s special rights in Telkom expire in six weeks’ time. It must avoid the temptation to install a puppet to lead the group. Facing a growing list of challenges, Telkom needs to hire a CEO who can
Imagine the next time you’re standing at a checkout point at the supermarket. Imagine paying for your groceries simply by bringing your mobile phone next to a payment terminal and having the money debited
While other mainstream media have undergone radical change due to the Internet, television has remained relatively immune to its influences — until now
At its last meeting of 2010, on 15 December, cabinet decided SA would adopt the second generation of the European standard for digital terrestrial television. This should have ended many months of often-rancorous debate. Except there’s a problem
Despite the tough economy, at least one area of business is booming. Data centres, some of them vast structures costing hundreds of millions of rand each, are popping up across the countryside. We have the free market to thank