High mobile internet use may be masking a fibre broadband shortfall that is limiting South Africa’s economic growth.
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Low-cost uncapped fibre is reshaping South Africa’s broadband market, promising to narrow the digital divide.
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.
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Cryptocurrency ether hit a record high on Wednesday, taking gains this year to almost 500% on the back of a growing interest in decentralised finance applications.
Prosus on Wednesday announced plans to acquire up to 45.4% of shares in parent Naspers in a deal aimed at moving part of the value of their massive stake in Tencent to Europe from Africa.
JSE-listed Transaction Capital said on Wednesday that it is in talks to increase its stake in WeBuyCars to 74.9%, a move that will give it control over the South African online car marketplace.
Adapt IT CEO Sbu Shabalala said on Tuesday that the serious allegations levelled against him in a weekend newspaper report are “without merit”.
Helios Towers plans to use an expansion into Oman to further its presence in the Middle East and North Africa, while it is also eyeing a potential deal in South Africa with MTN Group.
First National Bank has created a secure application programming interface to allow Sage accounting customers to import their bank records automatically into their accounting software.
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Sony has now sold more than 91.6 million PlayStation 4 consoles, helped by a sales boost in the run-up to Christmas.
Samsung Electronics’ quarterly profit and sales missed estimates on sputtering demand for memory chips during the last three months of 2018, the same quarter that Apple reported anaemic sales in China.
Samsung has pledged to take its plans for the smart home and connected living to the “next level” in 2019 as the firm unveiled a range of assistive robots and new smart appliances.
LG has unveiled a new TV which can be rolled up to store away or viewed at a range of angles.
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has begun the process of opening up so-called “high-demand spectrum bands” that will eventually pave the way to the introduction of fourth-generation (4G) mobile broadband networks in SA. The authority has decided to tie
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has finally moved to open up access to the “high demand” spectrum bands that can be used for next-generation mobile broadband services. The way it’s approaching it could help foster more
