In recent weeks, it’s been almost impossible not to miss M-Net’s criticism of everything that makes for SA’s broadcast digital migration programme, writes Muzi Makhaye. M-Net’s calls for a cheap “converter box” to replace set-top boxes in the migration are as absurd as

Virgin Mobile SA and Cell C will compensate local BlackBerry users for the service problems experienced this week. Jonathan Newman, chief strategy and marketing officer at Virgin Mobile, says the compensation only applies to SA customers and that all

Building a next-generation network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology is a “no-brainer” for telecommunications company iBurst and its parent Wireless Business Solutions, says WBS CEO Thami Mtshali. He explains the company already has

BlackBerry users affected by the recent outage should seek recourse from the National Consumer Commission, Business Day reported on Thursday. Commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala said consumers would find protection under sections 55, 56 and 61

All BlackBerry services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as India, have been operating with “significant improvement”, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said on Thursday morning. “We continue to monitor the situation 24×7 to

Discussions between Telkom and the Independent Communications Authority SA (Icasa) ground to a temporary halt in Sandton on Wednesday after the telecommunications operator adopted an aggressive stance regarding local loop unbundling and

The problems facing smartphone maker Research in Motion intensified on Wednesday as service disruptions to its popular BlackBerry service spread from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India to the US and South America. Disgruntled users, cut off from the mobile

Messaging and e-mail service was still sporadic Wednesday for BlackBerry users in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as outages stretched into their third day. The widespread problems added to the woes of Research in Motion

Datatec, the largest technology company listed on the JSE, has declared a maiden interim dividend after turning in a strong financial performance in the six-month period to the end of August. The multinational IT group, which has its primary listing in

BWired, the company created by Ericsson and the City of Johannesburg to build a city-wide fibre network, says it is on course for an early 2012 switch-on. The network will connect 500 buildings owned by the city, with remaining capacity made available