MTN South Africa looks set to launch a commercial Internet protocol television (IPTV) product, quite likely later this year or early next year, as it looks to expand into offering “over-the-top” services on its mobile broadband infrastructure. “If you look at the evolving
MTN is one of 90 companies that have expressed an interest in mobile licences that will soon be up for grabs in Myanmar, one of the world’s least connected countries. Group CEO Sifisi Dabengwa says MTN should have clarity on whether it’s succeeded in its bid for a licence
8ta, the consumer mobile arm of telecommunications operator Telkom, has agreed to sponsor South Africa’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) for the next five years. This puts paid to talk, initiated by Telkom, that the 8ta brand was to be retired in favour of Telkom Mobile. Telkom
The Free State will determine whether it received value for money in a provincial government website deal, premier Ace Magashule said on Wednesday. Magashule said, following public concerns, that his provincial government had to look at “whether we received value for money”
Neotel has launched a new product called NeoSmart that allows its fixed-wireless customers to make and receive calls using Neotel’s existing products from a dual-Sim mobile phone. This means customers can take
Ladies and gentleman, we have a price war. South Africa’s mobile operators are competing more aggressively with one another on price than at any other time in the industry’s 20-year history. Prepaid rates, in particular, have tumbled. And, whatever telecommunications industry bosses argue
Cellphone group MTN says it has lifted its subscriber market share in South Africa substantially despite tougher competition in the local market. In notes accompanying its 2012 financial results published on Wednesday, the group says its market share in South Africa stood at 37,7% at the end
The Cape Chamber of Commerce has lashed out at the department of communications (DOC), saying business is becoming “increasingly frustrated” by its “lack of governance and delivery”. It says allegations of misconduct within the DOC are compounding concerns b business about
The Free State provincial government’s controversial website development may have cost it the region of R100m, according to the tender award document, which TechCentral has in its possession. This comes after Free State director-general Elzabe Rockman on Monday
The Surface is Microsoft’s long-awaited tablet. It’s sold as a “do-everything device”, a laptop when you need to get real work done and a tablet when you want to use it more casually. It’s supposed to mark a new era for Microsoft: making and designing its own products. But is it any good? First
