Chinese telecommunications equipment company Huawei has promised to hire 500 staff in its South African operation in the next five years, a growth of 50% from its current 1 000 staff, as it ramps up operations in the local market. The company’s newly

Telkom is claiming to be the first operator in South Africa to launch uncapped high-speed wireless broadband based on LTE. To be launched on 10 June as part of a promotional offer, packages will be capped at 150 users per base station to ensure a good

A new, South African-developed mobile application, Recast – on the Web at recast.fm – allows music fans to listen to radio playlists, while stripping out the interruptions of advertising and DJ chatter. Developed by Richard Oakley

Here are a few things you can do to make your lithium-ion batteries last longer, whether they be used in an electric car, a large home installation – such as Tesla’s newly announced Powerwall – or in your portable device, such as a smartphone or

EOH has announced that it is acquiring an equity stake of between 49% and 80% (depending on the country) in pan-African IT applications and business solutions provider Twenty Third Century Systems and its subsidiaries. The value of the deal has

Hotspot network AlwaysOn, which is owned by Internet Solutions, is taking direct aim at mobile networks with the launch of a Wi-Fi calling offer, the company announced late on Wednesday. The service is device and platform agnostic and you

MTN has cut the price of its popular low-cost Steppa 2 smartphone by 20%, from R999 to R799, a day after rival Vodacom launched its new Smart 6 smartphone, which retails for R799. The operators are keen to get everyone off older feature phones

A lack of money and skills and the high cost of coal and diesel continue to plague Eskom, a civil society conference on the country’s electricity crisis heard on Wednesday. “Finances need to be improved to enable Eskom to carry on with

Is the SABC back to blacklisting press and commentators? That’s what South Africa’s media is wondering after the SABC withdrew an invitation to commentator Eusebius McKaiser to appear on a

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appeal against the high court order that he be suspended pending a disciplinary inquiry, is set to be heard in the supreme court of appeal in Bloemfontein in September. This is after the case