Government needs to make it easier for telecommunications operators to build infrastructure, especially fibre-optic networks, as red tape and conflicting requirements are slowing the ability of companies to build broadband networks

Cellphone users should not be tempted to buy pre-registered Sim cards from traders because they contravene Rica legislation, the department of communications warned on Tuesday. “It’s illegal to buy any Sim card and get

Banking group Absa said on Tuesday that CashSend, its cardless cash transfer offering, has exceeded R500m in transactions since its launch in late 2008. CashSend allows Absa customers to send money to anyone with

Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle warm themselves with some fiery tech talk on a freezing Monday night. They talk about the great Vodabomb of 2011, the Rica cut-off, Google+, Justin Timberlake and much more

Trying hard to focus on the serious issues facing technology this week instead of talking about foreign love interests and wine, Andy Hadfield, Stafford Masie and Simon Dingle discuss LulzSec, 8ta, , Windows Phone, Nokia N9, and more

EOH subsidiary EOH Mthombo has acquired 100% of the entire issued share capital of Tactical Software Systems Managed Services (TSSMS) for R130,5m, beefing up its exposure to public sector IT spending. TSSMS specialises

BlackBerry is the most desirable handset among teenagers and tertiary-level students in SA, but they aren’t using the devices to make voice calls. A new study from London-based research firm MobileYouth shows that

International credit ratings agency Moody’s has placed Telkom on review for a possible downgrade due to increased concerns about the company’s operating challenges. Moody’s senior analyst Soummo Mukherjee says the agency is worried about

Cellular network operator Vodacom is offering its 2011 annual report on the iPad for the first time. The group’s integrated report, which was published on Friday, is available for download in Apple’s App Store. The 221-page report is

MWeb has teamed up with MTN to offer consumers two product bundles that include both fixed digital subscriber line (DSL) and 3G broadband access for a single, monthly fee. The company has created two bundles