MTN looks likely to be the first mobile operator in SA to be able to take advantage of the advanced wireless broadband functionality built into the latest iPhone from Apple. The US company on Wednesday said the iPhone 5 supports next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) wireless broadband networks offering
It’s been one of the most hyped products in the history of the consumer electronics industry. Finally, after months after feverish speculation, Apple has taken the wraps off its next-generation iPhone. But, as competition in the smartphone market intensifies, the question on everyone’s lips now is whether the company, the world’s biggest
MTN Uganda has uncovered what it calls “irregular payments” totalling US$3,8m and has reported the matter to local police. The payments pertain to invoices for equipment the network never actually received. Uganda’s The Monitor newspaper reported at the weekend that MTN Uganda had been defrauded to the tune
Jeff Bezos isn’t easily satisfied. He’s the 26th richest person on the planet, and he’s been a (self-made) billionaire for nearly two decades. And yet the 48-year-old founder of Amazon.com continues to push his company, and himself, into new territory. When Amazon launched the Kindle e-reader in late
Terrestrial television offers remarkably little choice to SA consumers, who are limited to three SABC channels and commercial free-to-air channel e.tv. Not much has changed in the past decade, except that e.tv has eaten into the SABC’s viewership while DStv, owned by Naspers’s MultiChoice, has grown steadily more dominant as
Nexxr, a start-up established by four Pretoria schoolboys, is an online advertisement-sharing network designed for bloggers, online retailers and other website owners wanting to leverage each other’s audiences, allowing them to advertise on each other’s sites for less than US$3/month. Mikhaeel Aboobaker, one of the
JSE-listed technology group EOH has turned in a particularly strong set of financial results for the year ended 31 July, lifting headline earnings per share by 29,1% on the back of a 50% increase in revenue to R3,6bn. It has declared a dividend of 70c/share. Profit for the period increased by 50,3%, from
Cold calls, spam e-mails and unsolicited telephone offers could soon be a thing of the past if the Protection of Personal Information Bill becomes law. Introducing debate on the bill in the national assembly on Tuesday, justice minister Jeff Radebe said it protected consumers from the unlawful use of personal information
Communications minister Dina Pule is set to present three separate options next week to cabinet on the future of Telkom. Pule’s spokesman, Siya Qoza, tells TechCentral that he is not in a position to communicate what the three options are ahead of the cabinet meeting, set for next Wednesday. The cabinet
MTN has dismissed reports that its staff members in Nigeria were killed during attacks on its telecommunications infrastructure. “No MTN staff were killed. We are at a loss as to the source of this highly erroneous information,” spokesman Rich Mkhondo said on Tuesday. He said damage to telecoms facilities
