The Cape Town TV community station has lost over 600 000 viewers because its frequency was changed to accommodate digital terrestrial television trials, it said on Friday. Station manager Karen Thorne said the free-to-air channel was relocated from channel 38 to channel 67
The Espresso Book Machine is not the most beautiful device you will ever see. It looks like a large, clumsy, see-through photocopier, which is sort of what it is. But it is a thousand times more powerful. This speedy print-on-demand publishing gadget — which costs R1m — can churn out a bound book, cover and all, in
Telkom’s Internet service provider, Telkom Internet, will offer eligible customers who participate in trials of its next-generation broadband network a free very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) modem. The pilot will test 20Mbit/s and 40Mbit/s speeds in selected areas in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western
Nomanini this week closed a lucrative round of funding and secured two international backers, all just 18 months after inception. The hardware and software company builds, distributes and maintains devices that allow informal retailers to sell prepaid
Telkom’s mobile arm 8ta will switch on a trial fourth-generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) mobile broadband network on 1 November and says it will invite selected customers in Gauteng to apply to participate for free in the trial, which will run until
Security specialist G4S has partnered with UK-based fleet services company Imperial to overhaul its 720 armoured vehicle fleet, upgrading the technology that protects the vehicles’ crews and contents in the process. The deal is worth R450m over five years
The attacks on rivals keep coming as SA’s third mobile operator moves to build market share. Cell C has now taken the wraps off a weekend promotion that offers prepaid users 100% of their weekly recharge value back in airtime for use on weekends. However, the free airtime applies only
Cell C added 782 407 customers on a gross basis in September, a sharp increase over the about 700 000 gross additions it notched up in August. Although the gross numbers don’t take subscriber churn into account, Knott-Craig says churn
Government would be “jumping the gun” if it announced e-tolling was to go ahead in Gauteng, trade union federation Cosatu said on Thursday. Should it do so, the federation’s opposition campaign would shift “back into top gear”, including its members
South Africans can expect a tough two years ahead as the economy feels the pinch of strikes, analysts said on Thursday. “Unless we have sensible heads putting their hands up now, we’re going to see a [downward] spiral for the next few years,” said
