The world’s cellphone manufacturers will sell 1,4bn smartphones in 2015, generating US$300bn in sales. Indeed, smartphone sales will dwarf the sale of all PCs, televisions, tablets and game consoles
Total voice minutes carried by MTN South Africa soared by 137% in the 12 months ended 30 April 2015, the telecommunications group revealed on Wednesday. This comes after aggressive price
A new courier service is launching in Cape Town and may spread to other cities. Picup, which is being launched on Thursday, aims to disrupt traditional courier services by offering near instant delivery of documents and small parcels. The service
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has “noted with disgust” media reports on the removal of three SABC board members in terms of which she has been accused by a parliamentary legal team of
Social media has not lived up to the promise of brand engagement, says a local expert. As marketers increasingly look for better ways to engage consumers, SMS and e-mail remain primary tools
Striking MTN employees kept up their picket at the company’s head office near Roodepoort ahead of an expected meeting on Wednesday to break the deadlock. With police officers guarding the entrance to
Innovative technology solutions are among the measures South Africa and the rest of the continent can look to in addressing the challenges in areas such as education, employment and health care
In 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble, there were 400m internet users worldwide. Today there are 3,2bn. This is according to the “ICT Facts and Figures – The World in 2015”
There is abundant evidence that poorer people in Africa are now using the Internet. In South Africa, most new users come from low-income households, many of them living below the poverty line. The
Telkom’s wholesale price cuts of up to 63% announced last month have so far failed to translate into lower prices for those with broadband digital subscriber lines. Internet service providers (ISPs) that were prepared to comment were not expecting to