MTN announced a new low-cost tablet and an update to its Steppa smartphone on Wednesday morning. It hopes the new offerings will entice first time smartphone and tablet users, and those on a shoestring budget. “Access to
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The South African-developed Payment Pebble, the brainchild of entrepreneur Stafford Masie, has been launched in Australia with the country’s third…
There is no doubt that the smartphone and tablet device markets are hotting up. not only are South Africa’s mobile operators wanting to get in on the action, but there are plenty of new manufacturers, mainly from the Far East, entering
As a techie, when I need something — anything — I turn to the Web. I do a quick search to find a service provider, or before engaging with one, to check out their services online. Often, I do a quick check on a company website
MTN South Africa and two other big African operators, Airtel and Tigo, intend launching phones running Mozilla’s open-source, Linux-based Firefox OS platform, it has emerged. Firefox OS is meant as a rival to platforms such
Those who have been hankering for a .joburg, .durban or .capetown city top-level domain need wait no longer. The ZA…
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has written off R75m of the licence fees owed to it by the iBurst parent company, Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), which is entertaining a takeover offer to acquire the
The Shaik brothers have a candid way of expressing themselves. Back in 2004, during the trial of Schabir Shaik, we heard from his personal assistant, Bianca Singh, how he complained of being at the beck and call of politicians. Singh told the court that Schabir
Cape Town-based start-up Magnetic wants to be the all-in-one solution for small and medium business management in South Africa, turning the not-so-glamourous management of company processes into an online platform accessible
Fast-growing African tower operator IHS Holding announced on Monday that it has signed agreements to raise capital of US$2,6bn, or more than R28bn. It said the amount is the largest equity raising in Africa since 2007. The company is raising