Internet protocol (IP) phones that route calls over users’ broadband connections have been around for several years, but their adoption is surprisingly low in South Africa given the cost savings and even quality they offer over traditional fixed-line telecommunications
Managing two separate programming languages at school level creates “complexity” that could “impact on curriculum delivery”, cost government unnecessary money and make it difficult for students and teachers to move between schools and provinces. Those are the views of the
JSE-listed multinational technology group Datatec has reported a mixed earnings picture in its latest financial results as expected growth failed to materialise in the US, emerging markets were depressed and Europe showed signs of improvement. It is also blaming the implementation of a business management
HTC has closed its South African office and appointed a distributor, Ingram Micro Mobility, to sell its smartphones in the local market. TechCentral has established that HTC, which is struggling to compete in a crowded smartphone market, has ended its direct presence and gone back to the channel
Although most high-end headphones try to offer balanced audio, Monster’s new NCredible N-Tune cans has given bass precedence. That’s great if you like hip-hop, pop, dance music or anything else that’s heavy on the bass. But it isn’t going to make these the headphones of choice for audio professionals
Fresh after delivering news that it would report a near-US$1bn quarterly loss and retrench 40% of its workforce, Canada’s BlackBerry has now turned to letter writing in an effort to convince the world that the company, which has placed itself up for sale, will not only survive but perhaps even thrive in the years
The latest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system is almost here. Windows 8.1 is a free update to Windows 8 that brings back the familiar Start button, which was dropped controversially with with version 8. More importantly, the upgrade promises a slicker and more integrated user interface that fixes
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is giving telecommunications operators more time to comment on draft call termination rate regulations, announced 10 days ago, that sent the share prices of MTN and Vodacom plunging and Telkom surging
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This may go down as the week that changed everything in South Africa’s telecommunications industry, the one that signalled the start of the end of the duopoly grip held by Vodacom and MTN. It started nine days ago when sector regulator, the Independent Communications
