IS, Rain to offer wholesale LTE-A to ISPs

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Internet Solutions said on Monday that it has reached an agreement with Rain (formerly Wireless Business Solutions) to offer Internet service providers access to the latter’s 4G/LTE-Advanced wireless broadband network. IS will act as Rain’s

Galaxy S8 review: Samsung smashes a home run

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After spending the best part of a month with Samsung’s new Galaxy S8, it’s impossible to draw any other conclusion: this is the best smartphone in the world right now — yes, better than the iPhone, and better than the panoply of

SABC board fires Hlaudi Motsoeneng

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Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been fired. SABC interim board chairwoman Khanyisile Kweyama said on Monday that the public broadcaster’s former chief operating officer had been given his marching orders. Motsoeneng was dismissed over comments

Safaricom eyes new markets for M-Pesa

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Safaricom may expand its popular mobile banking service M-Pesa into countries such as Nigeria and Angola, as East Africa’s biggest company grapples with regulatory scrutiny in its home market of Kenya. The sale of a 35% stake

Open data: what SA cities can learn from New York

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A city is its people and the outcomes of the decisions and actions they can and do take individually or as groups. These outcomes, decisions and actions can be measured and captured. What would it require to take this data that makes

Multiply Group buys into new fintech firm

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Durban-based investment firm Multiply Group has acquired 35% of newly formed Crossfin Technology Holdings, part of the Capital Eye Investments’ portfolio, which owns stakes in several companies in the financial technology (space. Assets that

Austrian firm raking in 74% of all e-tolls: Outa

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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) said on Monday that, according to its calculations, Austrian-owned e-toll collection company ETC earns nearly three-quarters of all tolls collected on behalf of roads agency Sanral. “Following

Uber executives’ fates uncertain

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After a Sunday meeting that lasted more than six hours, a representative for Uber Technologies’ board said directors have approved several changes, without providing clarity on the fates of CEO Travis Kalanick or his confidant and head of business, Emil

Elon Musk’s SpaceX joins the military

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Not long ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk cracked what he once labelled a monopoly for US defence department space launches, successfully breaking into a business that was dominated by United Launch Alliance. The DOD’s appetite