When Chinese media company StarTimes entered Ivory Coast’s pay-TV market two years ago, Canal+ appeared to take notice. A few months later, the unit of France’s Vivendi cut the cost of its decoder by a third. StarTimes has

Apple and Samsung Electronics have reached a settlement in their US patents battle, putting an end to a seven-year fight over smartphone designs. The string of lawsuits started in 2011 when Apple sued Samsung for

EOH Holdings, the ICT firm that is splitting into two divisions, will consider spinning off one of the units and trading the shares separately. The Johannesburg-based company plans to lump its ICT businesses

South Africans want data prices to fall. Instead, it’s the shares of the big listed telecommunications companies that are tumbling. Share prices have come under significant downward pressure in recent

EOH CEO Zunaid Mayet is relinquishing his role as group CEO to take the reins at newly created subsidiary Nextec, the JSE-listed IT services group said in a statement on Wednesday before markets opened

Tsholofelo Molefe will take over as Telkom’s group chief financial officer on 1 July, replacing long-serving company executive Deon Fredericks, who moves into the newly created role of chief investment officer

Facebook’s days of dabbling in aerospace engineering are over. The company said in a blog post on Tuesday that it will no longer design or build its own aircraft to beam Internet connectivity over regions with

If Ugandan authorities have their way, checking Facebook or Twitter will cost you a few cents a day while a state-procured device scans your computer for pornography. They’re just some of the measures the

More and more South Africans are listening to podcasts and tuning in to live-streaming radio services. At TechCentral, our podcast downloads continue to set new records month on month. But we need your

The studio behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has dropped its lawsuit against the creators of global sensation Fortnite, ending a legal battle between two of the world’s hottest games. PUBG sent a letter of