MTN has filed a motion to dismiss the case filed against it by Turkey’s Turkcell in a US federal court, the JSE-listed telecommunications group said on Tuesday. MTN filed the motion to dismiss the case on Monday, 2 July. The operator says Turkcell’s claim against it in the US is the latest of four legal
RainFin hopes to disrupt SA’s financial services sector by allowing credit-worthy South Africans to engage in person-to-person lending, cutting out banks in the process and offering higher returns to lenders and better interest rates to borrowers. Sean Emery, cofounder and CEO of RainFin
Very few SA companies are fully compliant with the Protection of Personal Information (PPI) Bill, which is expected to be enacted as legislation later this year. Those that that don’t comply fully could face sizeable fines and individuals could even spend time in prison. The legislation, which will enforce
Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) has signed a five-year contract with the SA arm of American Tower Corporation (ATC) in terms of which it will use ATC’s towers to offer wireless solutions. IS says the deal will “position it” to offer fourth-generation (4G) broadband services when these become
These are dark days for BlackBerry and Research in Motion (RIM). Though the Canadian company’s smartphones continue to sell well in some emerging markets, including SA, consumers at the higher end — they are the more profitable segment for handset
FibreCo, the fibre-optic telecommunications infrastructure provider co-owned by Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions, Cell C and Convergence Partners, will begin work on the next leg of its network in the next three months to link the coastal cities of East London, Cape Town and Durban. The company
Technology group Altech has appointed Robin Marsden and Richard Wingfield as executive for corporate finance and chief information officer respectively. Marsden has worked in SA and the US and has more than 15 years of board level experience. His previous positions include partner and head of mergers and
When the first Xoom was launched in SA, it was touted by some reviewers as the Android tablet we’d been waiting for. But it turned out to be too heavy and too late, arriving in the country six months after the US and Europe. With the Xoom 2, Motorola’s got the form factor down pat, but lateness to market
Cape Town motorists caught talking or sending text messages on their cellphones would be fined R5 000 and have their phone confiscated for a day, it was reported on Monday. The Cape Times reported that the new bylaw, in effect from Monday, formed part of the provincial road safety campaign to cut road
Westcon, the distribution arm of JSE-listed IT group Datatec, will acquire Iberian and Latin American multinational security, virtualisation and data centre distributor Afina Group in a deal worth as much as €50m (R516m). The deal is being done by way of Westcon’s acquisition
