Despite cost pressures, South Africa’s cloud market is on track to exceed R100-billion by 2029, according to BMIT.
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The EU is accelerating its Iris2 satellite network to secure sovereign communications and reduce reliance on US systems.
The decision by Leon Schreiber to hike fees for accessing home affairs’ online verification system will be reviewed in court.
South African shoppers can now search Amazon using images, screenshots or barcodes with Amazon Lens.
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Icasa will hold public hearings into contentious proposed changes to wholesale call termination rates.
An apparent glitch on the website of the Electoral Commission meant the results page stopped updating.
Election results from South Africa have left investors anxious but still hopeful of a market-friendly outcome.
Government wants 2G and 3G mobile networks in South Africa shut down by 31 December 2027.
Government is moving to establish the ground rules for spectrum trading and spectrum sharing in South Africa.
Higher coverage levels are threatened by permitting regimes and possible overbuild, according to a new white paper.
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It’s been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.
Thousands of users reported problems accessing Spotify, just minutes after pop star Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights was released.
With Elon Musk on the verge of taking over Twitter comes news that he plans to gut its workforce, with cuts of up to 75%.
Elon Musk said he was excited about his pending acquisition of Twitter, although he was overpaying for the social media company.
Microsoft’s earnings report and forecast cheered investors, providing further evidence the company can increase cloud sales and squeeze more profit from the area while cutting into Amazon.com’s massive industry lead.
The European Commission had solid antitrust reasons for fining Google €4.3-billion for violations including the bundling of certain apps with the Android operating system – and for not going after Apple for similar behaviour. Yet, from a consumer’s point of view, Apple should get the same kind of attention.
