Apple led the market with a 20% share, the largest among the top five brands, according to Counterpoint Research.
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Starlink’s proposed entry into South Africa is facing mounting political backlash, driven by concerns over owner Elon Musk’s conduct and public statements.
Many of South Africa’s listed tech companies performed well in 2025, with some growing their share prices by over 70%.
Attackers are bypassing the very tools for e-mails designed to prevent them from gaining access to businesses.
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Winter may be officially over, but that’s not going to stop Eskom from implementing rotational electricity blackouts this Spring Day.
Samsung Electronics’ latest foldable smartphone is also its largest, offering users a tablet-size screen 12% bigger than its first Galaxy Fold. But be prepared to pay big money to own one.
President Cyril Ramaphosa approved a small salary increment for councillors at communications regulator Icasa. The new remuneration levels are retrospective with effect from 1 April 2019.
Cisco Systems GM for sub-Saharan Africa Clayton Naidoo will join Liquid Telecom as group chief business officer, where he will be responsible for driving growth, innovation and strategy in the enterprise market.
Apple has terminated Fortnite creator Epic Games’ account on its App Store amid a legal battle over the iPhone maker’s in-app payment guidelines and accusations they constitute a monopoly.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering making changes to his cabinet after he meets the ruling party’s leadership this weekend, people familiar with the deliberations said.
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When Elon Musk’s SpaceX heaved two communications satellites aloft last week, he joined a space race that’s foiled plenty of other dreamers. Billions of dollars have vanished in the quest to provide Internet service from low-earth
There’s Netflix, and then there’s everyone else in 2018. The stock is up more than 50% in the first two months of the year after shattering subscription-growth expectations. It’s market capitalisation has soared to $126bn
Sigfox’s co-founder is eyeing a listing in 2019 and pondering a pre-IPO round later this year, after reassuring investors about the future of the French start-up. With money from backers including Salesforce.com and
Amazon.com is embracing open-source software in the race to get its voice-based Alexa digital assistant into cars ahead of Google. Amazon engineers are working with Nuance Communications and Voicebox
The stage is set for a battle of epic proportions at public hearings in Johannesburg next week. That’s when operators will make their arguments for and against proposed cuts in wholesale call termination rates. MTN, for one, has warned of dire consequences for its business and for the entire mobile ecosystem if industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), proceeds with its plans to cut wholesale mobile call termination rates to 65c/minute this year. Other operators have also lodged strong objections
Telecommunications group Telkom will leverage its existing customers, offering mobile products to them as it gears up to launch SA’s fourth mobile operator. The company has finally begun to provide some details of its plans in the mobile space, where it is spending R6bn over five years to build a network to rival those operated by Vodacom, MTN
