During the dot-com-crazed 1990s, Cisco Systems became the world’s most valuable company. Widely expected to become the first company to hit a trillion-dollar capitalisation, it made it barely halfway there. When the
After four days, thousands of stalls, 2 300 companies exhibiting, and more than 100 000 square metres of floor space to traverse, here are some of the more interesting gadgets from this year’s Mobile World Congress in
Eskom bought itself some financial breathing room after signing a R20bn short-term credit facility with a group of banks. The power utility needed the liquidity to see it through to the financial year that starts
When Elon Musk’s SpaceX heaved two communications satellites aloft last week, he joined a space race that’s foiled plenty of other dreamers. Billions of dollars have vanished in the quest to provide Internet service from low-earth
Last spring, as cryptocurrencies seemed on the brink of a linkage with the traditional financial system, there were predictions of a price explosion along with institutional, regulatory and mainstream acceptance of the currencies
There’s Netflix, and then there’s everyone else in 2018. The stock is up more than 50% in the first two months of the year after shattering subscription-growth expectations. It’s market capitalisation has soared to $126bn
Bitcoin has quietly reached a major milestone in its quest to reach the masses. Segregated Witness, or SegWit, the software upgrade designed to speed up bitcoin transactions, is gaining traction. The number of transactions
The buffering wheel on mobile-device screens could be the most-watched entertainment if pending legislation cripples South Africa’s dynamic cellphone sector. Should the monopoly wireless network that is the
Sigfox’s co-founder is eyeing a listing in 2019 and pondering a pre-IPO round later this year, after reassuring investors about the future of the French start-up. With money from backers including Salesforce.com and
Vodafone and technology partner Nokia have revealed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that they will deploy 4G mobile broadband technology on the moon in 2019. The 4G network will allow for the first