Zimbabwe is to be hooked up to the high-capacity West Africa Cable System (Wacs), the submarine telecommunications pipe that extends from SA to London along Africa’s west coast, thanks to a deal its incumbent fixed-line operator has concluded with its Namibia counterpart. The announcement was made
A hotel in Sandton has been connected to the Internet at speeds of 2Gbit/s, or 2 000 times faster than an average 1Mbit/s home connection, thanks to Dark Fibre Africa, a terrestrial fibre company, and Seacom, the submarine cable provider. However, the connection is temporary
The move to digital terrestrial television isn’t simply a chance for set-top box manufacturers to make a quick buck. It presents a unique opportunity to introduce new competition in the broadcasting market where, until now, consumers have had precious little choice. In terrestrial broadcasting
Fast-growing JSE-listed IT services group EOH has acquired Siemens IT Solutions and Services SA for an undisclosed amount of money. The move is in line with Siemens AG’s objective of exiting the global IT services market, EOH says in a statement. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. According
Arthur Goldstuck, Dave Greenway, Simon Dingle and newcomer Jan Vermeulen make up the panel this week. They discuss World Wide Worx’s latest research findings specific to mobile, the faker Twitter follower storm in a very small teacup, streaming music service Simfy, and much more
Black-owned investment company Kagiso Media would like to launch both subscription and free-to-air television services but will only do so if the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) crafts digital terrestrial broadcasting regulations to create
Wholesale Internet access provider Sat-Space Africa has launched a new product it hopes will drive up Internet penetration in rural areas. Its Satellite Hot Spot product, launched last week, allows entrepreneurs in outlying areas to buy and resell uncapped Internet connectivity in increments of an hour. Connectivity, which is
Okay, so Hewlett-Packard isn’t exactly known for jaw-dropping notebook designs. But the machines it does make tend to be functional, dependable and, for the most part, reasonably priced. The same is true of the company’s new Folio 13-2000 Ultrabook
Cabinet has given the nod for revised broad-based black economic empowerment “codes of good practice” to be published for public comment. “The revised codes will enhance the implementation of B-BBEE in a meaningful and sustainable manner,” government spokesman Jimmy Manyi told reporters after cabinet’s
Scientists were preparing to send Curiosity on its first test drive over the billion-year-old rocks of Mars and said a busted wind sensor wouldn’t jeopardise its mission of determining whether life could exist there. Engineers at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena turned four of the rover’s six wheels
