Despite cost pressures, South Africa’s cloud market is on track to exceed R100-billion by 2029, according to BMIT.
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The EU is accelerating its Iris2 satellite network to secure sovereign communications and reduce reliance on US systems.
The decision by Leon Schreiber to hike fees for accessing home affairs’ online verification system will be reviewed in court.
South African shoppers can now search Amazon using images, screenshots or barcodes with Amazon Lens.
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MPs have heard how R44.4-million was channelled from Eskom’s contractors, through sub-contracted companies, to four Eskom officials, which has led to four arrests.
Five hours after TechCentral broke the news on Tuesday morning that JSE-listed Alviva Holdings is in talks to buy rival Tarsus, the company has confirmed a deal is in the offing.
South Africa’s largest technology distribution group, JSE-listed Alviva Holdings, is in talks to acquire rival Tarsus, well-placed sources have told TechCentral.
Emerging markets investment firm Actis has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Cape Town-based fibre broadband network operator Octotel.
Rain CEO Willem Roos will step down, Business Day reported on Tuesday, citing a company statement. He will relinquish the role in March 2021.
Apple on Tuesday launched the iPhone 12 with faster 5G connectivity starting at $799, which the company hopes will spur a wave of upgrades and keep its sales booming through to the end of the year.
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Asian technology stocks joined their peers in a global swoon after a disappointing sales outlook from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Apple’s main chip supplier, rekindled concerns that the smartphone
China’s ZTE has blasted the US government decision to impose a seven-year ban on its purchases of crucial American components, calling the move “extremely unfair” and “unacceptable”. The Shenzhen-based communications
Elon Musk has famously quipped he’d like to die on Mars, but the satellite his company just launched for Nasa could put even more distant planets on his radar. SpaceX sent to orbit on Wednesday a planet-hunter
Facebook is building a team to design its own semiconductors, adding to a trend among technology companies to supply themselves and lower their dependence on chip makers such as Intel and Qualcomm
SA’s three biggest cities are all pushing ahead with ambitious fibre-optic network projects, promising businesses and even residential customers cheaper and faster broadband. The municipalities of Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town are all pushing ahead with plans to build thousands of kilometres of fibre infrastructure as they try to drive down communication costs in their cities.
A plan by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to cut wholesale call termination rates may be delayed until next year, parties close to the process say. The rates, which were supposed to be cut last month as a first step on a two-year glide path down, are the fees the operators charge each other to carry calls onto their networks.
