SA is getting a new fixed-line telecommunications network operator, TechCentral can report exclusively. The company, called Metrofibre Networx, enjoys the backing of several heavy hitters, including former Absa CEO Steve Booysen and Dark Fibre Africa co-founder Malcolm Kirby. Metrofibre Networx, which is led by Kirby, will focus almost exclusively on delivering high-speed fibre connectivity to businesses
West African undersea cable Main One has gone live two weeks before schedule. The 1,92Gbit/s cable links Nigeria to Portugal,…
We are heading into the last four games of the Fifa World Cup 2010, and if there is one thing that we can take away from the games played so far, it’s that Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s vehement resistance to the use of technology has become untenable. Sports such as rugby and tennis have shot past football in their use of technology, but thanks to the tight grip of the Fifa board
The controversial Elephant Consortium is being unwound, with the beneficiaries, including former communications department director-general Andile Ngcaba, potentially earning a…
One day in February 2003, there was a massive disturbance in the force, as if the voices of millions of geeks suddenly cried out in anguish. They’d just learnt that Matt Groening’s animated science-fiction series, Futurama, had been cancelled in its fourth season by the bigwigs at Fox Television. The off-the-wall television show originally ran for a respectable four seasons between 1999 and 2003, but was never as much of a hit as Groening’s other show, The Simpsons. Everyone knows The Simpsons’ catch phrases, but
Stephen Mncube, the newly inaugurated chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), says his plan is to focus…
Airports Company SA has confirmed a network failure across OR Tambo International airport disrupted passenger check-ins on Thursday. The delays…
JSE-listed technology group GijimaAst wants to change its registered name, and has called a general meeting of shareholders for Monday,…
Former iBurst MD Alan Knott-Craig Jr has acquired 50% of Arc Telecommunications, a company led by former iBurst commercial head…
A newsletter Telkom sent to its customers, decrying uncapped broadband, was “very unfortunate” and “a mistake”, says the company’s MD, Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi. The newsletter, which Telkom customers received with their latest invoices, attacks uncapped broadband providers like MWeb without mentioning them by name
