The growth of digital is causing tremendous pain for telecommunications operators and wireless carriers. Fierce competition is seeing consumers increasingly turning to giants such as
Adele has joined Taylor Swift’s ranks in the war against the streaming culture of Spotify and Apple Music. Her latest album, 25, will not be available on these services. The timing is auspicious: the Mercury Prize is about to be awarded, an annual prize which crowns
The Competition Tribunal at the weekend agreed to postpone a hearing into the proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel by Vodacom. This comes after Vodacom and Neotel brought an application for a postponement of the hearing that was scheduled to start on Monday
As Telkom walked away from buying Cell C this week, the mobile operator’s parent, the Dubai-headquartered Oger Telecom, has said a sale is not the only option under consideration. Although
Telkom has signed a deal with Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt to promote its fibre-to-the-home broadband offerings. Telkom filmed Bolt in his home country of Jamaica last weekend for the promotional material it intends using to advertise its fibre products. The telecommunications
Microsoft Windows is 30 years old. On 20 November 1985, Microsoft released the first-ever version of Windows, which was little more than a graphical presentation manager sitting on top of the command-line-driven MS-DOS
The SABC’s suspended CEO, Frans Matlala, has warned that he is ready to take the public broadcaster to court if his suspension is not lifted by Tuesday. Barely four months after
We shake up the format a little in TalkCentral this week, introducing a quiz to the show and making some other changes. But the focus is still what’s happening in the world of technology, and your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about the 30th anniversary of Windows
Turnaround plans at the South African Post Office do not include any talk of privatisation, says the state-owned company’s new CEO. Cabinet on Thursday approved the appointment of Mark Barnes as group CEO
Possibilities exist for the beleaguered South African Post Office to be profitable again, said the state-owned company’s new CEO. On Thursday, cabinet approved the appointment of Mark Barnes as group CEO of the