NAPAfrica, the Internet exchange point owned by data centre operator Teraco, has seen a 50% spike in peak traffic volumes in the past five months, driven by the lockdown and work-from-home measures.
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PayPal Holdings joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the US digital payments company’s online wallets.
The Chinese foreign ministry warned Sweden that it should revoke its ban on Huawei Technologies to avoid hurting prospects for Swedish companies.
Chinese technology companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia’s proposed acquisition of ARM, potentially jeopardising the $40-billion semiconductor deal.
Netflix posted its weakest subscriber gains in four years as streaming competition increased, pandemic restrictions eased and live sports returned to television.
The SABC has told parliament that it simply cannot afford to pay Sentech’s “prohibitive” fees for broadcast signal distribution and that these fees must be cut in half with immediate effect.
Cell C has net debt, excluding leases, on its balance sheet (prior to a planned recapitalisation) of almost R10-billion, but it still wants to participate in South Africa’s upcoming spectrum auction.
Cell C has reported an interim net loss after tax for the six months to June 2020 of R7.5-billion, but said this was mainly the result of once-off costs and adjustments and that normalised earnings actually grew by 64%.
Netflix is showing more African-made content and working with telecommunications operators to make it easier for potential subscribers to make payments, a senior executive said on Tuesday.
Swedish regulators on Tuesday banned the use of telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei and ZTE in its 5G networks ahead of the spectrum auction scheduled for next month.