Anyone who reads the technology news can’t have failed to notice a certain preoccupation in the past couple of years on the part of developers to bring viewers close to the action of TV, films and computer games through virtual reality. Every other day, it seems, we hear of yet another allegedly ground-breaking solution in the quest for

Next Friday’s ConvergeSA conference, taking place at the Bytes Conference Centre in Midrand and for which TechCentral is media partner, will discuss the idea of zero-cost calling in South Africa. “Zero-cost calling will become a reality and is already available through international voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) on-net services such as Skype

MTN is “cautiously optimistic” that it has turned the corner in its South African operation after reporting 400 000 net subscriber additions in July. That’s the word from group chief financial officer Brett Goschen, who made the

MTN’s group president and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa and group chief financial officer Brett Goschen sat down with journalists following publication of the mobile operator’s interim 2014 financial results for the six months to end-June. In this edited extract from the press conference, listen as Dabengwa and Goschen

Ask 10 people what they think about Africa’s rising cities and you get 10 different opinions. The only thing they will agree on is that traffic is awful. In truth, 52 cities with more than a million inhabitants are becoming a magnet for innovation, with echoes of the industrial revolution. Take a look at sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest number

Business confidence has hit a 15-year low, according to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Sacci’s) business confidence index (BCI) for July. The index declined from 89,7 in June to 87,9 in July. This is the lowest level since the index stood at 86,9 in September 1999

Government delays in issuing a final policy on high-demand radio frequency spectrum, needed for mobile operators to deploy broadband infastructure, has started affecting the quality of MTN’s network in some

Telecommunications group MTN has lifted its interim dividend by 20,3% to 445c/share after reporting a strong earnings and revenue performance outside its home market of South Africa. Profit margins – measured before interest, tax, depreciation and

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng should not be punished for a lie he told 19 years ago, the broadcaster said in court papers, according to The New Age on Thursday. SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala denied that the broadcaster and communications minister Faith Muthambi rewarded “malfeasance” when permanently appointing

MTN’s South African operation has again borne the brunt of the price war in the mobile industry, with its revenue in the six months to June slumping by 7% and its profit margin, measured before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, sliding by 1,5 percentage points. The poor numbers were exacerbated by steep cuts earlier this