The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has taken Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, to task for what it calls “false and misleading” advertising. 8ta, in turn, has said the campaign in question has run its course and won’t be flighted again. Ispa lodged the complaint against
The utterly joyless and thoroughly vapid Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters easily is the worst in the recent string of modernised olde worlde tales. It handily beats claptrap such as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Snow White and the Huntsman for this dubious honour in a subgenre where
The politically connected, controversy-plagued consortium that failed to deliver on the R2bn Gauteng Online Project, SMMT Online (now trading as Cloudseed), may get a second bite at the cherry. The five-year Gauteng government tender to install Internet-connected computer
Kenya’s biggest mobile operator, Safaricom, has said it will stop selling feature phones in its own retail stores in an effort to increase smartphone penetration and bolster the East African country’s digital content market. Corporate affairs director Nzioka Waita made the surprising announcement at the Mobile Web East Africa conference
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has been unable to recoup millions of rand from noncompliant licensees. This indicates the regulator is incapable of properly managing the sector. In January, Icasa councillor Joseph Lebooa
In case you missed his first contributions, Jerm (also known as Jeremy Nell) has joined the TechCentral editorial team. Jerm, whose current affairs cartoons are widely talked about, is contributing an exclusive tech-focused weekly cartoon, called Backspace. “With Backspace, I hope
On paper, the Celluon Magic Cube projection keyboard is great. It’s a light, thoroughly portable unit that connects by cable or Bluetooth – meaning it works with phones, tablets and desktop or laptop computers – and projects a keyboard onto most level, opaque surfaces using an attention-grabbing
Media freedom campaigners say police in Zimbabwe are breaking the law by seizing and banning small radio receivers that can tune in to stations not linked to the state broadcasting monopoly controlled by President Robert Mugabe’s party. The Media Institute of Southern Africa
Mobile operator Cell C is lobbying the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to delay the reduction in wholesale mobile termination rates on 1 March so that an “urgent market review” can be done to determine the effectiveness of the regulations. “In order to
A new challenger to pay-TV operator MultiChoice, which owns DStv, is expected to launch commercial services soon, possibly by as early as April. Unlike DStv rival TopTV, however, NuWeb Television doesn’t intend using direct-to-home satellite technology. Rather, it will deliver its offering over
