Telkom shares were trading up by more than 5% in lunchtime trading on the JSE on Thursday after issuing a positive earnings update. For the year ended 31 March 2014, Telkom said it expects basic earnings per share from continuing operations to be between R29,72
Communications regulator Icasa is considering ways of opening up extremely high frequency (EHF) radio spectrum bands above 30GHz, one of its councillors, William Stucke, said at the Future Wireless Technology Forum on Thursday. The forum was organised by the Wireless Access
Brett Haggard is joined by Dave Greenway and Charlie Fripp this week for a discussion on all things mobile and tech … and why the bandwidth is faster on the moon than in South Africa. More specifically, the topics under discussion comprise the LG G3, the state of smartphones
Copper theft increased in April to 176 tonnes worth R12,5m, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Thursday. It marked an increase of 23 tonnes from March, the chamber said. Compared to April 2013, copper theft had risen by
Steyn City, the enormous, R6bn property development north of Johannesburg spearheaded by business tycoon Douw Steyn, has revealed ambitious plans to build an advanced fibre network to connect homes and businesses in the area. Steyn City, which will be launched in March 2015, is a mixed-use lifestyle development already under construction
There has finally been some development in the long-running saga over Screamer Telecommunications’ alleged unlawful deal with Sentech to use a portion of the state-owned signal distributor’s spectrum, a matter under investigation by communications regulator Icasa’s complaints and compliance committee. Icasa referred the matter to the committee
Nine in 10 bosses of telecommunications companies in South Africa are confident about their firms’ ability to grow revenues over the next three years, despite growing competitive pressures. This is a key finding of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 17th annual global CEO survey, which was released this month. Collaboration is top
A security report released by IT consultant Johan Pienaar claims accounting software firm Sage Pastel left customer data exposed on an FTP server used by its technical support department to assist clients when they encounter problems with its software. Founded in 1989, Sage Pastel is a large South African developer of payroll
Last week was one of the most interesting in the history of telecommunications in South Africa. Telkom made its second bid in seven years for Business Connexion (BCX), while Vodacom and Neotel came to an agreement on a R7bn acquisition, which, if approved, will finally give the mobile operator a compelling offering in the enterprise
Ten million wearable computing devices will be sold worldwide this year, generating US$3bn in sales from smart glasses, smart watches and wearable fitness trackers. That’s one of the predictions in Deloitte’s 2014 technology, media and telecommunications trend report. But the sale of wearables remains small fry next to smartphones
