SpectraLink Wireless, with help from Facebook and Microsoft, has rolled out broadband coverage using television white spaces (TVWS) across campuses at All Nations University College and Koforidua Polytechnic in Koforidua, Ghana. The spectrum being used has been
Welcome to the 100th episode of TalkCentral. Join Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg for this landmark edition of TechCentral’s long-running podcast. In the show this week, Duncan and Regardt chat about the startling revelations from Vodafone this week about the ability of governments in many
Germany has announced it will withdraw from the Square Kilometre Array organisation (SKA) in June next year, the science & technology ministry has said. “According to the SKA website, Germany informed the SKA on Thursday about its intention to leave the organisation,” spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele said
South African telecommunications operators will only act on a request for lawful interception of communication across their networks once a court has instructed it. The companies have moved to reassure their clients in this regard following startling revelations on Friday morning by Vodafone that secret
“You’ll need two dozen purple-scented candles and a goat suitable for ritual slaughter. Oh, and about a kilo of salt to draw a pentagram on the floor (blackboard chalk doesn’t work),” read a response to a frustrated consumer on an online forum asking for advice on how to unsubscribe from unwanted mobile
Vodacom in South Africa has sought to play down startling revelations on Friday that its parent, Vodafone, has secret wiretaps that allow government agencies to listen into and record live telephone conversations, a practice that is reportedly commonplace in many of the 29 countries in which the group
Takealot made headlines last month when it secured about R1bn in funding from shareholder Tiger Global Management, an international investment firm. CEO Kim Reid told TechCentral when the deal was announced that Takealot is on an aggressive growth path in an effort to tap into what he called
In 2012, Motion Pixel, a small media production company based in the picturesque coastal town of Knysna, wanted to offer its clients footage unattainable only from fancy camera rigs and remote control helicopters. Owner Duran de Villiers, 29, discovered the technology he was after was not readily available
Newly appointed Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane has appointed Marian Shinn as the party’s spokesman on telecommunications and postal services. Shinn had been shadow communications minister before President Jacob Zuma split the
South Africa’s power system will remain in peril during winter, acting Eskom CEO Collin Matjila said on Thursday. “The country still remains vulnerable and it will be the same during winter,” Matjila told reporters in Johannesburg. “While we continue with maintenance as part of our strategy to have remaining
