Companies have been urged to protect their trademarks online following the decision earlier this year by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) to introduce a new top-level Internet domain for the adult entertainment industry. Mike du Toit
Telkom is still keen to expand its operations elsewhere on the African continent despite the sensational failure of Multi-Links, its Nigerian business, says chairman Lazarus Zim. Zim was speaking at the group’s 2011 annual general meeting of
Brian Herlihy will announce on Tuesday that he is stepping down as CEO of Seacom, TechCentral can learnt from company sources. He will be succeeded by Mark Simpson on 5 September but will remain an executive director of the
US online retailer Amazon.com has opened a new customer service and development centre in Cape Town. The centre will support its customers in North America, the UK and Germany. It will also be home to the development team working
There’s less and less separating mobile handsets from one another when it comes to the hardware that powers them. So, what happens when users can decide for themselves what operating system software they want to run on their phones? Just looking at the latest
The final appeal committee of the Advertising Standards Authority has dismissed a last attempt by Cell C to have a ruling that the “4Gs” term it used in its advertising was in breach of the authority’s advertising codes overturned. The committee has awarded costs to
The second annual VoiceSA event, a telecommunications industry conference taking place at the Bytes Conference Centre in Midrand on 22 September, will explore some of the big challenges facing the sector. The event — it’s the second time
SA’s incumbent fixed-line operator, Telkom, should be considering a strategic fibre-to-the-home project to ensure customer loyalty and to grow its revenue streams in new areas, says Gartner principal analyst Will Hahn. Hahn, speaking to
With the recent announcement that Android developer Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility, the US handset manufacturer is expected to enjoy more attention than it has in recent years. If its most recent smartphone, the Atrix, is anything
A new survey claims SA is among the top three emerging destinations for business process outsourcing. The survey, by Everest Consultancy, excludes established outsourcing destinations India and the Philippines and focuses on emerging