The troubled State IT Agency is winning the war on the crooks who have been defrauding government. That’s the word from the agency’s CEO, Setumo Mohapi, who held a press conference in Pretoria on Friday
Netflix and other so-called “over-the-top” Internet streaming services will fundamentally disrupt the pay-television industry and communications regulator Icasa is not paying enough attention to the developments
The most talked-about, futuristic product from Google’s developer show isn’t even finished – but it’s already stoking heated debate. At its I/O conference on Tuesday, Google previewed Duplex, an experimental service
Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane, appointed to the portfolio by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February, has promised to announce plans soon to kick-start South Africa’s stalled and long-delayed digital
Uganda’s government is proposing a tax of 100 shillings per day for at least some users of social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp, parliament said, amid criticism from press freedom campaigners
It’s relatively easy these days to find critics of Skype, the popular online calling service that Microsoft acquired in 2011 for US$8.5bn. Former devotees routinely gripe on social media that the software has become
In a submission to communications regulator Icasa on the pay-television market in South Africa, e.tv has warned that free-to-air broadcasting is at serious risk unless regulations are introduced to protect and grow the
The world’s biggest diamond producer says it’s tracked its first diamonds all the way from the mine to jewellery retailers using the technology behind bitcoin. De Beers, which is piloting a scheme using blockchain
ZTE regards the next two weeks as crucial to resolving a US blockade that’s brought its main businesses to a standstill and choked off revenue, signalling the potential collapse of one of the world’s largest makers
China Telecom Global, a subsidiary of China Telecom, one of world’s largest telecommunications operators, will establish two network points of presence in South Africa, one in Cape Town and the other in