As their markets become saturated and as lower-margin data overtakes voice as the primary traffic on their networks, mobile operators are going to have to change dramatically, altering their operating models, cutting costs and completely reshaping their cultures, if they’re to continue to survive, let
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The proposed tightening of the VAT net on digital goods could lead to a price increase for consumers and an administrative burden for the foreign suppliers of such goods. Foreign businesses and providers of digital goods in South Africa will be required
It’s not all bad news for Telkom. That’s if new forecasts published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are correct. PwC expects wired broadband to expand faster than mobile broadband over the next five years, growing at a compound annual rate of 32,8%. “The wired broadband access market is
Piracy will remain a problem for entertainment and media companies until barriers to access by consumers are removed and it until becomes more convenient for customers to pay for content than copy it. Furthermore, media companies need
Consumers can look forward to even cheaper broadband prices, with many new undersea cables set to come online within the next 18 months. It is unclear how much of a decrease is likely, but talk in the industry is of a 10% to 20% drop in local prices
Cybercrime is now the fourth largest economic crime in SA and worldwide, according to the findings of the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) economic crime survey. The report, released on Tuesday, polled almost 4 000 companies worldwide, 123 of them from SA
SA’s entertainment and media industry is recovering from the economic downturn, according to a report released on Thursday. PwC’s entertainment and media report says total entertainment and media spending grew 1,8% in 2009, in contrast to the 1,8% decline globally
Dial-up still dominates as the fixed-line Internet access medium in SA, despite the fact that broadband digital subscriber lines have been available for nearly a decade. If a new research report from PwC (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers) is to be believed,