Defence priorities, AI and a possible SpaceX IPO are fuelling renewed global investment in space technology.
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The move comes amid a feud between Sentech and the SABC over the former’s fees for signal distribution.
Sansa has warned that a powerful solar eruption could trigger severe geomagnetic storm conditions.
High mobile internet use may be masking a fibre broadband shortfall that is limiting South Africa’s economic growth.
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The consortium’s plans to expand in Ethiopia have been complicated by the US state development agency’s decision to pause investments in the country.
Huawei will launch its new Harmony operating system for smartphones on 2 June, its biggest move yet aimed at recovering from the damage done by US sanctions to its mobile phone business.
Absa, Investec and the Development Bank of Southern Africa indicated they could support a bid by a Turkish company to supply emergency power to South Africa, sources said.
Telkom is open to reaching an out-of-court settlement with communications regulator Icasa over the spectrum auction, though little progress has been made in any talks.
The number of copper fixed lines in service at Telkom has plunged yet again. At the end of March, the company had fewer than 1.3 million customers using copper, down 20% from 1.6 million a year ago.
A legal wrangle over a power supply contract worth an estimated R218-billion could derail the South African government’s attempts to ease electricity shortages.
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Lawmakers in Europe are set to test how important Google thinks its news aggregation service really is.
Elon Musk has backed himself into a corner with Tesla’s most crucial car. Some would-be customers have waited almost three years to take delivery of the Model 3,
DJI has unearthed cases of fraud involving its own employees that may trigger losses of about $150-million for the world’s largest drone maker.
Google is to take over part of fashion firm Fossil’s smartwatch technology in a $40-million deal to bolster its wearable efforts.
Emerging-markets telecommunications giant MTN is gearing up to fight a series of damaging allegations and legal action by Turkcell over claims by the Turkish operator that the JSE-listed group was awarded an operating licence in Iran corruptly. MTN claims
Online personal financial management start-up 22seven on Wednesday accused Absa of blocking its US technology partner Yodlee from accessing users’ Internet bank accounts. Absa confirms it has blocked the service and on Wednesday defended its decision in an interview with TechCentral. 22seven has provoked
