The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has finally moved to open up access to the “high demand” spectrum bands that can be used for next-generation mobile broadband services. The way it’s approaching it could help foster more

Communications minister Dina Pule on Wednesday issued draft policy directions to the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) in an effort to find ways of exploiting the “digital dividend” bands that will be opened up when SA moves from analogue to digital

The government will soldier on with a multibillion-rand Karoo telescope that will allow astronomers to see billions of years back in time, regardless of what happens with a bid to build the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Deputy science & technology minister Derek Hanekom says the R1,1bn MeerKAT

Next year will be a decisive one for Microsoft as it readies new products to fend off challengers in the consumer technology market. Its upcoming touch and tablet-friendly operating system, Windows 8, will be an important part of its plan to win back the hearts and minds of

As the 2011 festive season gets underway, Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle gather at ZA Tech Show HQ to discuss ultrabooks, Windows 8 and Windows Phone, DStv’s new satellite, local-loop unbundling, iCloud, HTML5, WebOS and much more

From jailbreaks to laptop stickers featuring undergarments, the ZA Tech Show team covers the world of technology this week with hosts Brett Haggard, Dominic White, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle. They discuss Android’s progress, the new Google, Windows 8

Vodacom has launched premium applications in its App Store, costing between R5 and R50 each. The cellular operator launched the store in September. More than 5 000 premium apps have been added to the Vodacom App Store, the company says in a statement. It says

MTN SA chief financial officer Zunaid Bulbulia came to the telecommunications industry almost by accident. It was December 1993 and Bulbulia, the son of a shoe salesman, was doing his articles for his CA degree at a Johannesburg accounting firm when he was asked by one of the firm’s senior

Gaming is the biggest entertainment industry in the world, bigger than even Hollywood. It’s the biggest in SA, too. It seems if you want to make money in entertainment, you’d be better off learning to code than trying your luck on Idols. Though sales of CDs, cinema tickets and DVDs have declined

Some Christian organisations plan to boycott TopTV after it announced it would launch 24-hour pornography channels next year, said the Family Policy Institute on Tuesday. “The Christian denominations and church affiliations support the view that the broadcasting of hardcore pornography on television