Rumours are circulating that Apple may abandon Intel chips in favour of those designed by ARM Holdings. Bloomberg reported on 6 November that “people familiar with the company’s research” had said Apple was “exploring” the idea. Of course these sources
After a stint at Telkom, former Samsung Electronics SA MD Deon Liebenberg has resigned from the telecommunications operator. He will join Vodacom on 1 February, a spokesman for the mobile operator has confirmed. Liebenberg, who joined
Brett Haggard hosts Real Time Wine’s head wino Andy Hadfield and Shop and Ship’s know-it-all David Greenway in this week’s episode. Amongst other serious ramblings, they talk about SpaceX sending cargo to
What happens when you pair two of South Africa’s top telecommunications commentators with a host who talks too much? Well, you get a pretty mobile, telecoms and tech-heavy episode of the ZA Tech Show. The panel discusses the arrival of the
The department of communications has set out a case for more muscular government involvement in the telecommunications industry to help ensure that access to broadband becomes universal in South Africa. The department’s chief director
Telkom is in limbo. At the end of May, when government decided not to support the sale of 20% of the group’s equity to Korea’s KT Corp, communications minister Pule was given three months to come up with a strategic plan for the troubled telecommunications operator
From cameras that allow for the three-dimensional rendering of vehicles through to the hundreds of kilometres of fibre-optic cables that link the toll gantries and control offices, Gauteng’s e-tolls project is a marvel of modern technology. Alex van Niekerk
The e-tag system will be rolled out at toll plazas in provinces other than Gauteng, roads agency Sanral said on Wednesday. “We want to use this technology at the very toll system that we [presently] have. There is a roll-out programme within the existing programme,” said Sanral
Vodacom has grown its number of fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) base stations to 200 in Johannesburg, from 70 when it launched commercial services last month, and has begun testing the technology in Cape Town. The
MultiChoice, operator of satellite pay-television platform DStv and a unit of JSE-listed media giant Naspers, should be concerned about the financial problems at rival TopTV, owned by On Digital Media. Competition is good for consumers and it’s
