SA gets another MVNO

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Cape Town-based SmartMobile, which forms part of the Digicall Group, has launched a mobile virtual network operator piggybacking on Cell C’s network to provide services. The new MVNO has been put together by MVN-X, the MVNO enablement company headed

MTN may sell SA towers: report

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MTN has entered into discussions with fast-growing pan-African mobile phone tower operator IHS Holding with a view to selling its South African tower portfolio, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Quoting an unnamed source

MTN, Microsoft cosy up for cloud services

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MTN Business and Microsoft have entered into a partnership to provide pan-African cloud computing services from the telecommunications operator’s data centres, the companies said on Thursday. The

Progress in rapid deployment policy

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Real progress appears to be at hand, finally, in the development by government of a rapid deployment policy for electronic communications infrastructure, which should make it easier and quicker for operators

Telkom challenges iBurst sale

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Telkom has filed an objection at communications regulator Icasa to Multisource’s planned acquisition of iBurst and Broadlink parent Wireless Business Solutions, TechCentral has learnt. Telkom submitted

Data kidnapping the latest cyber threat

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In April, Trend Micro released a research paper about sextortion, the means through which cybercriminals obtain compromising personal images or videos of Internet users, which they then hold hostage until their

Samsung moves to patch phones quicker

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Samsung Electronics has announced it will work with Google and telecommunications operators to deploy Android software fixes faster when security vulnerabilities are uncovered. “Working with the network

Zuma tops Google searches

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President Jacob Zuma is far ahead of Julius Malema and Mmusi Maimane as the most searched for politician online in South Africa, Google data shows. According to data from the search giant

Blue Label, Edgars in retail JV

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Blue Label Telecoms and retail group Edcon will develop a network of retail technology stores across South Africa. Called Edgars Connect, the companies hope to have 100 outlets opened before