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It’s Friday again and that means another episode of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones delve into the ongoing drama at the department of communications, where fired communications department director-general Mamodupi Mohlala has been reinstated — at least for now — by minister Siphiwe Nyanda.

We’re back in our home studio this week. Your panel, of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle, discuss Brett’s new website, 3D television, Telkom’s 10Mbit/s ADSL upgrade, MTN’s planned rural broadband network, Cell C’s branding controversy, and much more

The seventh episode of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is now available for download. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about the significant flow of news around MTN’s interim financial results presentation, including plans by its SA subsidiary to build a rural broadband network. We also talk about Cell C’s problems trying to trademark its new logo, communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s press conference on digital terrestrial television, Vodacom in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Super 5 Media’s letter to Icasa.

Our panel this week is massive, including special guests Dustin Diaz, Erin Caton and Basheera Khan, who join Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Ivo Vegter, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle to discuss the Tech4Africa conference, technology in Africa and the SA start-up scene, how Telkom went wrong, the Mesh Potato project, and much more

Episode 6 of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is now available for download. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones reflect on Gareth Knight’s superb Tech4Africa conference. We also talk about Andile Ngcaba’s fibre network roll-out plan, Steve Song and the Mesh Potato project, Justin Spratt’s appointment as managing partner at Quirk eMarketing, the corruption allegations involving department of home affairs officials and Lefatshe Technology, Neotel’s launch of prepaid services

Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Jon Tullett are our panellists this week. They join Simon Dingle to discuss Wave’s demise and Google’s long-term prospects, Telkom’s apparent new aggression, the Eassy cable going live, MWeb and Afrihost, Kenya’s Wananchi, Cell C’s new brand and direction, and much more

Episode 5 of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is good to go. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about Cell C’s dramatic overhaul, looking at its bold new branding strategy and its plans to build a powerful new network. We also talk about the apparent demise of Super 5 Media and the launch plans of Walking On Water Television, the increased bandwidth on the East African Submarine System cable, the changes to Nokia’s online music store.

Our panel this week includes World Wide Worx Strategy’s Steven Ambrose and TechHuman.com’s Brendon Ambrose, with regulars Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle. They discuss the launch of Samsung’s Wave and the Bada operating system, Google’s mobile ecosystem, StarCraft 2, the new Amazon Kindle, and much more

Episode 4 of SA’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is live. In this week’s show, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about the dramatic axing of communications department director-general Mamodupi Mohlala. We interviewed her this week about how the drama unfolded at the department. We also review the other big stories of the week, including Wananchi’s plans to deploy fibre to the home in Kenya, the “I’m been unfairly maligned” speech by Telkom’s nonexecutive chairman, Jeff Molobela, the impending collapse of pay-TV operator Super 5 Media, the launch of DStv Mobile’s streaming video service, and much more.

Your panel this week consists of Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle who discuss the iPhone 4.0.1 update, e-books and audio books, smartphones, inductive charging, Microsoft Kinect pricing, console gaming, Facebook, undersea cables, and more