TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod talks to Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt about the company’s challenges at the Advertising Standards Authority, competition with Vodacom, and the launch of its 42Mbit/s mobile broadband network
Former Internet Solutions CEO Angus MacRobert is continuing to make investments in the technology sector, snapping up a stake in Aspivia and helping expand the business of an earlier investment, Three6Five Network Solutions. MacRobert has made a range of investments
Competition in SA’s mobile communications industry may be getting tougher, but that isn’t going to stop Vodacom from turning in a robust improvement in earnings in its financial year to 31 March 2011 when it reports results next
US navigation specialist, Nasdaq-listed Garmin, is hoping to cash in on the potential growth that SA offers through its acquisition of its SA distributor, Garmin Distribution Africa. Garmin International director of
Former Google SA country manager Stephen Newton has been hired by Naspers to head up the JSE-listed media group’s e-commerce platforms. As the CEO of the segment, Newton will responsible
Dimension Data SA chairman Andile Ngcaba is quietly building a new type of telecommunications business under his Convergence Partners investment vehicle. From satellites to undersea cables
It’s thinner and lighter and has a front-facing camera. And now it’s coming to SA. Apple has confirmed that the iPad 2 will go on sale in SA this Friday. In a statement published on its website
The news that Sony has discovered an attack against its PlayStation Network servers, leading to the potential theft of the data of 77m users, sends a strong message to the business community. IT security risks are not theoretical
Africa may be better off building mobile broadband networks using evolved high-speed packet access (HSPA+) technology rather than leaping to next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) networks immediately
US navigation specialist, the Nasdaq-listed Garmin, is setting up shop in SA. The company has signed a letter of intent to acquire its local distributor, Garmin Distribution Africa. Terms of the deal have not