Vodacom’s fees and the complex set of rules related to its implementation of Icasa’s data expiry regulations are hellishly confusing, are anti-consumer and ultimately represent an own goal by South Africa’s largest mobile operator.
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The announcement by communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams withdrawing the controversial Electronic Communications Amendment Bill is to be welcomed. By Marian Shinn.
With Vodacom’s head office in Johannesburg set to be the site of protest action on Thursday by people supporting the operator’s ex-employee, Nkosana Makate, hot-headed politicians would be well advised to avoid inflaming tensions for political gain.
The banking world is about to be shaken up, thanks to a legislation known as the European Union Payment Services Directive 2, or PSD2.
Vodacom Group’s latest trading update, for the quarter ended December 2018, makes for sobering reading, particularly for those invested in the telecommunications sector.
Regulation can help customers and existing financial institutions gain more comfort in cryptocurrencies and drive the adoption of bitcoin. By Angus Brown.
In the immediate aftermath of GDPR coming into force, there was a dramatic uptick in the number of data breach complaints received by authorities across Europe.
There is no guarantee that self-driving cars are a foregone conclusion. We just think so because we believe the hype. Start asking the serious questions and you realise we have very few answers.
Despite many South African companies still using on-premise data centres, it is expected that hybrid cloud adoption will increase significantly in the next few years.
As organisations across every industry look to harness emerging technologies to drive business transformation and growth, the role of chief information officer is undergoing its own evolutionary journey.