The regulator says it cannot issue new network licences for now, pointing operators towards buying existing ones.
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ISPs rate the networks they buy from, and the up-and-comers are increasingly impressing them.
Telkom mistook dominance for permanence and lost to mobile; the mobile operators now face the same test.
Sensitive details about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web.
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Linux nerds are purist, and this is as open and purist as high-speed networking gets, writes Atomic Access’s Joe Botha.
MTN South Africa is venturing ever further into territory traditionally occupied by the country’s banks.
EOH Holdings saw its share price fall sharply on Thursday after issuing a trading update that disappointed investors.
Prosus’s new interim CEO inherits a conundrum from his predecessor: how to bridge the yawning gap between the value of the company’s stock and its assets.
After a rough year, Spar has said it has largely ironed out the issues surrounding its disastrous SAP implementation.
The Sophie Germain strengthens Orange’s outsized role in the business of fixing undersea internet cables when they break.
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Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded R1-billion to restore the data they are holding ransom.
China’s antitrust regulator is set to formally block Tencent Holdings’ plan to merge the country’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu, three people familiar with the matter said.
The hackers behind a mass ransomware attack exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in IT management software made by Kaseya, cybersecurity researchers said.
A social media site launched on Sunday by Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former US President Donald Trump, was briefly hacked, and more than 500 000 people have registered to use the site, Miller said.
One consequence of the Apple vs FBI drama has been to shine a spotlight on the security of smartphone lock screens. The fact that the FBI managed to hack the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooter without Apple’s help raises questions about whether Pin
What a difference two years can make. The herd of private technology start-ups worth over US$1bn – dubbed “unicorns” – is looking decidedly skittish. Funding is drying up and the expected rivers of revenue have not yet begun to flow. On Friday

































