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Quraysh Patel has resigned as chairman of the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech. Patel handed his resignation to communications minister Roy Padayachie on Tuesday.

If you ask a 20-year-old in 2020 to spot the odd one out of this list — TV, radio, mobile phone, Internet — they may not be able to. We’re accustomed to think about these mediums as separate entities, and in terms of production they still are.

Mobile broadband and related industries will generate 1,8% of SA’s GDP (R72bn) and as many as 28 000 jobs by 2015, according to a new survey. But this will only be possible

In a development that could change the dynamics of SA’s telecommunications industry, mobile operator Cell C, Dimension Data division Internet Solutions and Andile Ngcaba’s Convergence Partners have teamed up to build a R5bn, 12 000km national fibre-optic network.

Fast-growing Internet hosting company RSAWeb has acquired a second data centre in Cape Town, doubling its capacity as demand for cloud computing services from business customers accelerates.

Vodacom is giving thought to kick-starting a new black economic empowerment (BEE) deal that TechCentral estimates could be worth as much as R20bn.

Feel like an evening talking tech? Over a few beers? Want to stand a chance of winning an Apple iPhone 4 courtesy of MTN? Then you’ll want to be at the first quarterly TechCentral Tuesday Tipple on 30 November.

The reduction in mobile termination rates in March has lopped R730m off Vodacom’s top line in the six months to September 2010. Vodacom chief financial officer Rob Shuter says the reduction

After a protracted and mysterious battle Kelly Group’s former director and deputy CEO, Mthunzi Mdwaba, will part ways with the recruitment firm. The charismatic empowerment advocate