Government often argues that it must retain its stake in Telkom because the telecommunications company is a “strategic national asset”. But with competition intensifying by the day, the best thing that could happen to Telkom — and its customers — would be for government to sell up
South Africans have underestimated the opportunities the rest of Africa offers and businesses here risk being left behind as other…
An organisation known as the Mobile TV Consortium has lodged a complaint against the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa)…
Mobile operator MTN SA will introduce what it describes as an “uncapped” 3G broadband product from 1 June. The service…
The company behind TopTV, SA’s new pay-TV service, is struggling to cope with demand from consumers but hopes to be…
The department of trade & industry (DTI) intends to repudiate a R153m contract with Valor IT to develop a content…
In my previous column for TechCentral, I mentioned how Anton Rupert used to register his trademarks — and do so on his own — even when his business empire was still a start-up. Rupert recognised the importance of protecting his trademarks. He ultimately made sure that the Remgro group spent
SA’s newest pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM), which owns TopTV, plans to add new channels and possibly even new…
Cellphone group Vodacom will sell its 24,9% stake in iBurst parent company WBS Holdings. And the other WBS shareholders, including…
Vodacom SA is stepping up the pace of roll-out of higher-speed 3G base stations. Ahead of the soccer World Cup,…