Vodacom has announced plans to launch fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) services in South Africa, starting with selected business parks in Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban, which will get access to broadband speeds of up to 100Mbit/s
While the ongoing theft of copper cable continues to cost the economy billions of rand a year, government says it has placed tightening laws to deal with the problem high on its agenda. “The high prevalence of cable theft, in particular copper theft, and its consequences, has become a major
JSE-listed technology services group EOH has turned in a solid performance in its 2014 financial year. In the 12 months to 31 July 2014, it lifted headline earnings per share by 32% to R4,47 on the back of a robust improvement in revenue, which rose by 42% to R7,2bn. Profit after tax increased by 48%
On Tuesday, technology market research firm World Wide Worx and online media monitoring company Fuseware released their annual report on the South African social media landscape. Their findings reveal that visual content is the biggest driving factor behind the uptake and
There was more good news for JSE-listed Pinnacle Holdings on Tuesday after the Financial Services Board (FSB) announced it was dropping an insider trading investigation into share trades by company executives in March 2014. At a meeting on Tuesday, the FSB decided to close the
South Africa has up to five years to go before its electricity supply crisis is over, and consumers may well face limited power cuts this summer, MPs heard on Tuesday. Briefing a joint meeting of parliament’s energy and public enterprises committees, Eskom acting CEO Collin Matjila
The decision by parliament’s communication portfolio committee to recommend the suspension of SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala on Tuesday was welcomed by the Democratic Alliance. “The unanimity of committee members in this matter is a welcome development in a parliament
Online video-on-demand services in South Africa will remain a relatively niche service until the cost of data connectivity falls to levels that are affordable for the mass market. That’s the view of advisory and services firm International Data Corp, which believes that despite
The Nokia Lumia 930 is a superb successor to 2013’s already very good Lumia 925. In terms of design, the 930 can hold its own next to other flagships, including the best from Apple, HTC, Samsung, LG and Sony. We’ve been fans of Windows Phone for some time. Microsoft, which now
Google South Africa has launched virtual field trips, a campaign to help schools explore South Africa’s history without pupils having to leave the classroom. Classrooms can either join these field trips via a Google+ Hangout or watch a stream on YouTube