Telkom has “really narrowed down the options” when it comes to video-on-demand (VOD) services and intends reissuing a tender for the supply of a solution that will allow the telecommunications operator to offer VOD on its fixed-line broadband access network. Last month, Telkom pulled the plug on
It’s a good news week in the future and Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and Benedict Kelly get together to discuss, among 0ther things, free Wi-Fi in taxis, South African students getting tablets, a cheap 3D printer, Uber and the UK taxi debacle, Net1’s single-use credit cards, SwiftKey going free, the new
Recent statements about e-tolls reportedly made by Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi, while positive, are causing confusion, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Tuesday. “In the statement made by the Sunday Independent, Vadi suggests that e-tolls should be replaced by more efficient
Eskom has implemented power cuts in parts of the country due to its constrained power grid. “Due to the severely constrained power system, Eskom started implementing rotational load reduction from 5.12pm this afternoon,” it said in a statement. “We anticipate that we
Telkom’s share price has risen sharply in the past year on optimism that the new leadership team under CEO Sipho Maseko has what it takes to turn the lumbering telecommunications giant around. Since last June, the share price has gained more than 150%. And since its low point in May last year, it has
BMW South Africa has taken the wraps off a set of Internet-connected services built into the company’s vehicles that provide a range of value-added services. At the heart of the technology is an embedded Vodafone Sim card, with global roaming enabled, and which is used for data services. ConnectedDrive will be embedded
Telkom has announced plans for a national fibre-to-the-home project targeting upmarket suburbs in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town. CEO Sipho Maseko on Friday revealed plans to roll out fibre broadband at speeds of up to 100Mbit/s. The main focus will be on
Telkom has unveiled plans to deploy high-speed 4G/LTE wireless broadband to homes across the country. The news comes after the company revealed plans to deploy fibre-to-the-home connectivity to about 20 suburbs before the end of the year. “Our commitment to deliver this roll-out
Government has backtracked on plans to have communications regulator Icasa report to the newly created department of communications, which also houses the SABC, Brand South Africa and other entities, a highly placed source with knowledge of the development has told TechCentral. Instead
Traditional Venda chiefs have given SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng a wife, a cow and a calf, the Sowetan reported on Friday. Women were lined up in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, on Wednesday for Motsoeneng to choose one. He and other SABC executives were
