Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
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The volume of data traffic flowing across Vodacom’s network in South Africa surged by 66% in the year ended 31 March, after price reductions led to greater “elasticity” in demand from consumers.
Business leaders are ratcheting up pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to re-open the economy more swiftly, warning that the devastation wreaked by a lockdown could exceed damage caused by the pandemic.
Construction of the planned multibillion-rand expansion of the Gautrain rapid rail network, dubbed Gautrain 2, could realistically commence at the end of 2024, according to the Gautrain Management Agency.
Government has amended regulations that prohibited telecommunications operators from porting customers’ numbers and scrapped rules regarding the electronic tracking and tracing of individuals.
Cars could be able to “talk” to each other to warn about dangers on the roads using 5G technology in future, according to researchers.
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned that the coronavirus will be present in the country for at least a year and that infections will rise as lockdown restrictions are eased.
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BT Group is proposing a £600 plan to bring faster Internet coverage to the rural UK, to be paid for by charges to other broadband users. The former phone monopoly’s Openreach wholesale division by 2020 would build
After years of being outsold by the iPhone, the venerable iPod has taken a big step toward eventual oblivion. Apple said Thursday it was discontinuing two of the cheapest iPod models: the nano and shuffle. The two
A surge in Amazon.com shares on Thursday in advance of the online retailer’s earnings report has propelled founder Jeff Bezos past Bill Gates as the world’s richest person. Shares of the online retailer
Twitter failed to attract more monthly viewers in the second quarter, spooking investors looking for evidence that the company is on a sustainable long-term growth path. The shares tumbled more than 9% in early trading
