Government often argues that it must retain its stake in Telkom because the telecommunications company is a “strategic national asset”. But with competition intensifying by the day, the best thing that could happen to Telkom — and its customers — would be for government to sell up
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South Africans have underestimated the opportunities the rest of Africa offers and businesses here risk being left behind as other…
An organisation known as the Mobile TV Consortium has lodged a complaint against the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa)…
Mobile operator MTN SA will introduce what it describes as an “uncapped” 3G broadband product from 1 June. The service…
The company behind TopTV, SA’s new pay-TV service, is struggling to cope with demand from consumers but hopes to be…
The department of trade & industry (DTI) intends to repudiate a R153m contract with Valor IT to develop a content…
In my previous column for TechCentral, I mentioned how Anton Rupert used to register his trademarks — and do so on his own — even when his business empire was still a start-up. Rupert recognised the importance of protecting his trademarks. He ultimately made sure that the Remgro group spent
SA’s newest pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM), which owns TopTV, plans to add new channels and possibly even new…
Cellphone group Vodacom will sell its 24,9% stake in iBurst parent company WBS Holdings. And the other WBS shareholders, including…
Vodacom SA is stepping up the pace of roll-out of higher-speed 3G base stations. Ahead of the soccer World Cup,…