SA Airways and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are testing the use of cellphones in flight mode on the national carriers’ aircraft. The move is a significant step for both the carrier and the authority
Computer companies are freeing themselves of the “Wintel” (Microsoft-Intel) paradigm that dominated the industry for the past 30 years and, in the process, are opening up opportunities for new product
A new communications satellite, Intelsat New Dawn, backed by SA’s Convergence Partners and international satellite group Intelsat, successfully blasted off into space from French Guiana on Good Friday aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle
Zack Snyder’s latest film, Sucker Punch, does nothing to challenge perceptions of his work as being more flash than substance. It’s a barrage of videogame imagery, driving rock music and unyielding action sequences layered on a story as skimpy as the clothes
TalkCentral episode 34 is good to go. In this week’s pre-Easter long weekend special, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about Telkom’s Jeffrey Hedberg to join Craig Venter’s Altech as group chief operating officer
The arrival of the Western African Cable System (Wacs), which landed in the west coast town of Yzerfontein on Tuesday will accelerate competition in the local market. But, according to experts, the impact on broadband prices may not
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) needs R12m for software before it can auction the spectrum in 2,6GHz and 3,5GHz. The authority presented its medium-term strategy to the parliamentary portfolio
The battlefield is ready, the guns are out and SA’s mobile operators are shuffling troops into position for what could turn into a protracted war. The latest operator to fire a salvo into the field of battle is Telkom’s 8ta
Telkom’s new mobile arm, 8ta, is upping the ante in SA’s increasingly competitive mobile market, launching “free” mobile YouTube streaming to BlackBerry devices and free and unlimited calls
Altech CEO Craig Venter says the group’s appointment of former acting group Telkom CEO Jeffrey Hedberg as its chief operating officer from 1 July will help propel it onto the “world stage” in