South Africans will have universal access to broadband by 2019, communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda said in his budget speech in…
Month: April 2010
Protracted delays in issuing licensed radio frequency spectrum to new operators cost the country hundreds of millions of rand in…
The latest edition of the magazine, African Communications, carries a feature article by Arthur Goldstuck on the key trends in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector since last year. In it, he states
Construction of the East Africa Submarine System (Eassy), the second high-capacity fibre-optic cable along Africa’s east coast, was completed on…
Vodacom looked set on a collision course with its former shareholder, fixed-line operator Telkom, on Tuesday as it officially launched…
Buyers and sellers on local online auction site Bidorbuy can now transact with each other using the US e-payments service…
Telecommunications giant Telkom should consult labour unions before going ahead with voluntary retrenchments, Solidarity said on Monday. “The mere fact…
When United Airlines refused to compensate Son of Maxwell band member Dave Caroll for damage caused to his US$3 500 guitar during a flight in 2008 he took his frustration online. He used YouTube to air a video depicting his mistreatment by the airline. His posting inflicted enormous reputational damage, well beyond anything United Airlines could have imagined — damage that could easily have been avoided
Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold shares ideas of how the Apple iPad can be used in rugby. Gold, with help the Sportscode video analysis program, shows how the iPad could be used quite easily when sports teams, and particularly rugby teams, look to gain the edge through on-the-minute video analysis
Looking to take further advantage of cellular location-based services, Vodacom has launched a massively multiplayer cellphone-based game, Legends of Echo,…