The Competition Commission has approved a deal that will see Open Access Data Centres expand its local footprint.
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Louis Gerstner, the former CEO and chairman of IBM, died on Saturday, aged 83.
Naspers and Prosus chairman Koos Bekker has sold shares in both companies worth about R2.5-billion over three trading days.
The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Herotel to Vumatel, but subject to an extensive set of conditions.
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The Internet Service Providers’ Association has called for mediation, rather than litigation, to resolve the stand-off between communications regulator Icasa and telecommunications operators over the looming spectrum auction.
Old Mutual’s private equity unit has acquired a stake in a second data centre in sub-Saharan Africa as it expands to take advantage of a shortfall in cloud storage capacity on the continent.
Facebook has denied it intends sharing WhatsApp users’ contact lists with other Facebook properties when it introduces new terms and conditions soon that have caused an uproar among consumers.
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp on Thursday said it has launched both video and voice calling on its desktop apps for Windows and macOS.
Standard Bank said on Thursday that system problems have caused some its customers to have card transactions deducted from their accounts more than once.
Facebook cannot share any contact information it collects from WhatsApp users with its other properties without first obtaining authorisation from South Africa’s Information Regulator, the agency has said..
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SAP, Europe’s biggest technology company, has agreed to buy Qualtrics International for $8-billion in cash, preempting the US enterprise software company’s plans to go public.
Volkswagen plans to add a subcompact crossover costing about €18 000 (R290 000) to its all-electric I.D. range, expanding its lineup of zero-emissions vehicles that are more affordable than those of Tesla.
Tesla has chosen Robyn Denholm to succeed Elon Musk as board chair, selecting an independent director to contend with the car maker’s mercurial CEO following his run-ins with regulators and investors.
Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping marked the opening of the first World Internet Conference in 2014, it was meant to usher in a new era of digital openness and project China as a champion of global cyber governance. Those promises are now starting to lie fallow.
Telkom on Thursday took the wraps off its plans to compete with Vodacom and MTN in the business mobile market and to launch converged fixed and mobile solutions to business customers. TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod spoke to
Telkom has launched its mobile offerings for business, proclaiming it will lead in fixed-mobile convergence and in cloud computing in the business market in SA and saying it is looking forward to be an “attacker” in the mobile space. Brian Armstrong
