Eskom has taken the first steps towards cutting electricity supply to the top 20 defaulting municipalities that collectively owe it R3,7bn for bulk electricity supply. The utility has announced its plans to cut supply to these municipalities from 6am to 10am and again at 5pm to 9pm
The Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa (Usaasa) has apparently finalised the winning bidders for the set-top box tender process, but confusion reigns over how the process will work from
Vodacom has become the first mobile operator in South Africa to launch voice-over-LTE, or VoLTE, calling on its network. In development for years, VoLTE allows voice calls to be placed over 4G/LTE networks, which are built first and foremost for data communication rather
Regulators are taking extraordinarily long to weigh up a number of big deals, including Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel, while the industry waits on tenterhooks for news that could change the sector. A number of significant deals that could
SnapScan, the mobile payments application developed by Cape Town-based start-up FireID Payments in collaboration with Standard Bank, has introduced Bluetooth-based payments in its app, obviating the need for users to scan a QR code at the point of sale. At
Cell C’s Middle Eastern shareholders have clearly not tired of investing in the business. The operator has announced it plans to spend R8bn over the next three years building a 4G/LTE mobile broadband network in “targeted areas” across South Africa. The company
Standard Bank has introduced a biometric mobile banking solution that allows iPhone and iPad users to use their device’s fingerprint scanner to sign into the financial services company’s mobile banking application. The update makes use of the TouchID
MultiChoice has announced a big software update to its Explora personal video recorder decoder to improve content discovery, including much-improved search functionality, as well as the ability
Taiwan’s HTC, which has admitted to running both hot and cold on South Africa in recent years, has used the launch of its new flagship smartphone, the One M9, to reaffirm its commitment to the local market and to vow that it won’t repeat the mistakes it’s made here in
Online marketplace and auction website Bidorbuy says last year’s prolonged postal sector strike had a big impact on small business owners, who found it difficult to compete with larger retailers and are concerned that the uncertainty of reliable delivery could mean
