The Xperia range of smartphones and tablet computers serves as a marker of Sony’s turnaround. The Japanese electronics company has come a long way from the humdrum Android devices it produced in conjunction with Ericsson to products that now stand up to the best
The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) will on Tuesday, as part of Global Space Week, launch Fundisa: satellite imagery tools to support the high school geography curriculum. Earth observation and space science are seen as important ways to monitor South Africa’s land use, resources
Four foreigners who trained employees of the Gupta family’s ANN7 news channel were ordered to leave South Africa. In written reply to a parliamentary question, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said the department had responded “immediately” to allegations that foreigners without work permits
Diversified industrial and technology group Altron has reported a 4% improvement in headline earnings per share (HEPS) in the six months ended 31 August 2013, rising from 79c a year ago to 82c in the latest reporting period. This was on the back of an 8% increase in revenue from continuing operations
Vodacom has taken strong exception to a move by telecommunications regulator Icasa to draft a wholesale call rates regime that favours its rival Cell C and more recent market entrant Telkom Mobile. Vodacom says it supports the proposed cuts to termination rates
The share prices of MTN and Vodacom fell sharply on Monday, while Telkom climbed by nearly 5%, after telecommunications regulator Icasa publish draft regulations for inter-network call rates that strongly disfavour the two bigger operators. At lunchtime, Vodacom was
E-tolling in Gauteng will most likely be implemented by the end of the year, transport minister Dipuo Peters said on Monday. “Last week, we finalised the regulations and this week we will be dealing with the tariff structure and starting the process to publicise the tariff structure,” she said at a New
Mobile gaming is expected to account for the lion’s share of growth in the South African videogame market in coming years, while PC gaming will stagnate and online gaming will fall behind growth globally due to South Africa’s comparatively costly and slow Internet access
Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has cautiously welcomed the proposed cuts in wholesale call termination rates, announced by telecommunications regulator Icasa on Friday, saying that although he’d have “wished for a better outcome for Cell C”, the cuts will lead to a “more competitive and balanced” market
It began in 2006 as a pretty stupid idea: a service that let you post public messages on the Internet but limited them to 140 characters. Seven years later, Twitter has burrowed deep into the fabric of parts of society. Its highly anticipated initial public offering provides a fascinating glimpse
