Defence priorities, AI and a possible SpaceX IPO are fuelling renewed global investment in space technology.
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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.
High mobile internet use may be masking a fibre broadband shortfall that is limiting South Africa’s economic growth.
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Cape Town mobile marketing platform provider Mobiz has raised US$1-million (about R18-million) in a funding round from Kalon Venture Partners.
Cell C has made what it calls a “voluntary offer” to the Competition Commission over data prices, which will see prepaid customers getting free “lifeline” data, albeit very limited.
Fibre network operators Vumatel and SA Digital Villages will in future operate as a single entity following the transfer of the SADV wholesale fibre assets to Vumatel.
Eskom has told operators of some independent wind-power plants that it won’t need their power at certain times of day due to lower demand amid a national shutdown.
Telkom will fight the South African Revenue Service in the constitutional court after an adverse judgment handed down against it at the supreme court of appeal that could severely dent its cash flow.
A recent court decision has come as big blow to Telkom. A judgment handed down on 25 March by the supreme court of appeal held that a R3.9-billion foreign exchange loss and a R136-million incentive bonus were not deductible.
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British Airways said many of its computer systems are running again as the carrier pushed to recover from a massive technology failure that disrupted hundreds of flights and stranded thousands of passengers worldwide over the past two days
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard graduates on Thursday that they need to help others find purpose in a world where machines are taking away some of the steady jobs and communities
Bharti Airtel’s Nigeria unit said a partnership with China’s ZTE to provide 4G high-speed broadband will see it add subscribers and narrow the gap with market leader MTN Group in Africa’s most populous country
China’s SZ DJI Technology has unveiled a small camera drone starting at US$499 that can…
