For more than two years, a small and stealthy group of engineers within Google has been working on software that they hope will eventually replace Android, the world’s dominant mobile operating system.
US President Donald Trump lashed out at the European Union’s $5-billion fine against Google over its mobile phone operating system in the latest trade-related salvo fired from the White House.
New research from credible network speed-testing services has put Vodacom ahead of rival MTN in terms of the speed available on their respective networks as the two battle it out over which has the fastest infrastructure.
Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters has threatened to “trash” Vodacom retail stores unless it pays Nkosana Makate, the man who was found by the courts have invented the popular “please call me” service, according to a report.
Stephen van Coller will leave MTN Group at the end of August. Vice president for digital services, data analytics and business development, he has resigned to take up a group CEO position at another JSE-listed company.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has walked back on comments that appeared to defend Holocaust deniers, after trying to explain how careful the social-media giant tries to be before kicking people off the
MTN Group’s sale of its Cyprus unit is just the start of a broader exit from small or problematic markets, with the Liberian unit leading a number of West African divisions being considered for disposal, according to sources.
South Africa may need far fewer government-subsidised set-top boxes for its digital terrestrial television migration project than originally planned, according to Aldred Dreyer, who heads the project management office.
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Aldred Dreyer, the newly appointed head of the project management office for digital migration at the department of communications, on South Africa’s long-delayed digital terrestrial television project.
Mobile industry association the GSMA has warned that high spectrum licence fees are choking economic growth in developing countries.