Internet service provider WirelessG, airline Mango and mobile operator Vodacom conducted a test flight on Tuesday to showcase the first in-flight Wi-Fi service in SA. Unfortunately, putting 115 people with multiple devices and the desire to test the service to

Communications minister Dina Pule and shadow minister Marian Shinn clashed in parliament on Tuesday over government policies in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry and a recent department of communications colloquium that discussed

The switch to digital television broadcasting is on track, communications minister Dina Pule told MPs on Tuesday. “I want to affirm to this house that we are on course on the DTT [digital terrestrial television] process,” she said in the opening debate on her

Earlier this year, mobile social network MXit was using an instant messaging-based payment system with a selection of restaurants in Stellenbosch so that staff could spend the lunch allowance the company grants them. The problem was that one

Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, hit the ground running in the months after its launch in 2010, offering compelling products and spending a small fortune plastering its brand across billboards and newspapers. But industry insiders say the mobile operator hasn’t managed to capitalise on its early

Afrihost has slashed the prices of its business broadband uncapped digital subscriber line (DSL) products by between 30% and 50% following the recent reduction in the fees Telkom charges Internet service providers for access to its “last-mile” network. However, the cuts are in excess of the recent Telkom price reduction

Korea’s KT Corp has made a formal offer to purchase 20% of Telkom. However, it’s offering a significantly reduced price for the stake because of a sharp fall in the value of the shares of the JSE-listed telecommunications group since talks began in October last year. KT Corp is offering R25,60/share, down by nearly

Sanral CEO Nazir Alli has resigned, the agency said on Tuesday. Alli would continue in his post until 3 June, chairman Tembakazi Mnyaka said in a statement. The board accepted the resignation at a meeting on Monday. He thanked Alli for his contribution since Sanral’s inception in 1998. Sanral did not give

First National Bank is launching a new payment service that allows users of its mobile app to make payments to one another without needing to exchange banking details, provided they are near to one another. The service uses the GPS chips built into modern mobile devices, with authentication provided by the

FibreCo, the fibre-optic telecommunications joint venture between Convergence Partners, Cell C and Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions, is keen to extend its fibre network further into Southern Africa, working with partners to do it. Convergence Partners chairman Andile Ngcaba tells TechCentral