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Between 1999 and 2004, Telkom’s monopoly of access to crucial international bandwidth and high-speed ADSL lines meant the company could freely charge Internet service providers excessive fees. And they did. Inevitably, this
MTN South Africa has launched a range of new, lower-cost social media data bundles designed specifically to work with apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Twitter. The plans, which start from R1/day, give customers
Propagandist cyber tactics planted during the Zupta era must be uprooted so that South Africans can assert that factual accuracy and truth matter. Over the past few years, the battle over what constitutes the truth has
Energy regulator Nersa has published for comment proposed rules that will regulate the market for individuals and organisations who typically generate electricity from their own rooftop installations. Stakeholders have 30 days
Apple’s results confirmed that, while the days of double-digit smartphone industry growth are over, CEO Tim Cook has a plan to withstand the slowdown. The shares gained in late trading on Tuesday after
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Apple is now exactly the company that investors slowly started to accept in recent months. Whether that is good or bad news is entirely in the eye of the beholder. What’s clear is that Apple is having trouble
Apple reported revenue and profit that beat analysts’ estimates and projected continued sales momentum, calming concern about demand for the iPhone, its most important product. The Cupertino, California-based
Jan Koum’s exit from Facebook could prove costly. A speedy departure may prevent him from collecting as much as $1bn in stock awards (R12.6bn at the time of writing). The CEO of messaging unit WhatsApp