Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4) has sold more than 10m units to consumers since its launch in November last year, while Microsoft’s Xbox One has struggled to muster 5m sales to retailers during the same time. Is Microsoft still being unfairly punished for
Technology group Gijima is facing a difficult and uncertain future after it warned on Tuesday that it had failed to comply with financial covenants related to borrowings of R213m and auditor KPMG warned of “the existence of a material uncertainty which may
State-owned telecommunications infrastructure company Broadband Infraco is one of three companies that have not tabled their integrated reports to parliament on time, public enterprises minister Lynne Brown’s office said on Tuesday. Brown informed the speaker that South African
With the roll-out of 4G mobile Internet not even yet complete, it might seem early to consider starting work on the design of the next, fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks. The truth is that telecommunications systems are so
A survey of road users revealed that 80% found the e-toll administration service “very poor”, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Tuesday. “The gross majority of the respondents indicated that the
Meeting a court-imposed deadline with just a day to spare, Icasa has published its final call termination rates for the period from October 2014 to 30 September 2017 – and South Africa’s big operators are likely to be pleased with the outcome
Here at TechCentral, we have long been fans of Windows Phone. We think it’s the perfect platform for new smartphone users or those people that want a no-fuss operating system. And Microsoft’s newest, the Nokia Lumia 530, is a great entry-level
The urgency and secrecy of the deal South Africa is looking to strike with Russia for the supply of up to eight nuclear power plants means “someone is up to no good”, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Monday. That someone, she suggested in her
M-Pesa has seen an impressive uptake for Vodacom in Tanzania, but the telecommunications operator has struggled to get a solid footing for the mobile money platform in its home market of South Africa. Part of the reason for success in Tanzania, where
A new website operated by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), launched a fortnight ago by trade and industry minister Rob Davies, is broken, the Democratic Alliance has said. DA MP and spokesman for trade and industry Geordin Hill-Lewis
