Two seismic-survey judgments show data centre developers what happens when public participation fails and succeeds.
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Apple sees its holiday-quarter gross margin falling to 45-46% as memory chip costs keep rising.
Icasa says South Africa’s trade in second-hand network licences isn’t working and wants direct applications instead.
New-energy vehicle sales have already passed last year’s total, but fully electric cars remain a sliver of the market.
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South Africa’s big operators have lauded the announcement that luxury duties on basic smartphones will be scrapped.
South Africa’s biggest corporate spender on IT has reported a 2% increase in full-year technology spending.
Government will reduce its debt relief package for state-owned power utility Eskom by a further R20-billion.
Government will remove the luxury excise duty on basic smartphones from 1 April, ahead of the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks.
Government is reviewing the Post Office’s list of reserved services with a view potentially to liberalising the sector.
South Africa will spend R1-billion to support the local production of new energy vehicles and batteries.
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Apostrophy, a software start-up founded by mobile industry veterans, is headed to Davos this week to unveil a smartphone operating system that puts privacy first.
Microsoft will add OpenAI’s viral artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT to its cloud-based Azure service “soon”.
Apple rolled out its first new products of 2023 on Tuesday, offering faster versions of its high-end MacBook Pro laptops and the Mac mini desktop.
Ghana has granted Vodafone International Holdings approval to sell its 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group.
Elon Musk is in jeopardy of losing control over the electric car company he founded, with the Securities and Exchange Commission suing the billionaire for his explosive August tweet about taking Tesla private.
At this year’s Beijing Auto Show, a retired Chinese bureaucrat bent down to run his hands over the hood of a sleek sports coupe billed as the world’s fastest battery-powered car, and he smiled like a proud father.
