Vodacom says it has achieved 5G upload speeds above 250Mbit/s, though the technology is not yet being deployed commercially.
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The cost for customers to sign up to DStv is simply too high, Canal+ has said, and it is working to fix the problem.
Standard Bank Group spending on tech rose 8.7% in 2025 while it extended the life of its South African core banking system.
Raids and court convictions have occurred in the Western Cape as MultiChoice targets illegal streaming operations.
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The most pivotal South African election in decades is already turning the tide of the country’s financial markets.
TechCentral had a look at Vodacom and MTN’s capex per customer in South Africa – and it tells an interesting story.
The Sixty60 app is getting a major overhaul, with same-day delivery of larger items from Checkers Hyper stores.
Fabricio Bloisi will replace Bob van Dijk as group CEO of Naspers and its European-listed spinoff, Prosus.
Altron expects to report at least a 35% improvement in annual headline earnings per share from continuing operations.
The economic fallout from state-owned Eskom’s struggle to keep the lights on is a top issue in the 29 May poll.
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Apple’s share price has surged in recent weeks and is heading for its biggest monthly gain in almost two years. Its latest earnings release will test that.
Investors are also bracing for flat user growth and a third consecutive quarter of profit declines.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Texas Instruments posted double-digit quarterly revenue growth on Tuesday and expressed optimism about the coming months.
Solar power equipment makers continued to lift prices this week as soaring polysilicon costs spread through the supply chain.
At Microsoft’s Dutch research facility at the Delft University of Technology, several large cylindrical metal tubes hang from the ceiling. Each tube – a dilution refrigerator used to cool circuits down to temperatures colder than
Mark Zuckerberg is making it easier to tear digital pages out of your Facebook. But that doesn’t mean he wants to. At first glance, it’s a sincere reaction to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Under the rubric

































