The level of competition between smartphone manufacturers and the companies that make the software that powers these devices is awe-inspiring to watch. It is fuelling innovation not seen in the technology industry since the early days of the personal
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Though Vodacom’s interim results, announced on Monday, showed a strong improvement in dividend payments and headline earnings per share, at least one analyst is troubled by the lack of growth in voice revenue, despite a sharp increase in voice
Vodacom has declared an interim dividend of 260c/share, translating into an almost R3,9bn windfall for the company’s shareholders. The interim dividend has been hiked by 44,4%. The JSE-listed cellphone group announced the dividend alongside its interim
TechCentral’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral, is back for another bumper show this week. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson talk about Nokia World, the iPhone 4S coming to SA, the new Samsung Galaxy Note and Ubuntu Linux
Vodacom Group chief financial officer Rob Shuter has been named as new CEO of Vodafone in The Netherlands. He will take up the new position on 1 March 2012, and will step down as a director of Vodacom at that time. Shuter, who had previously worked at Nedbank, will have been at
It appears South Africans eager to get their first taste of Siri, Apple’s much-vaunted, voice-driven personal assistant software, won’t have to wait much longer. According to a well-placed source, Apple will announce the SA launch date for the iPhone 4S, which includes the Siri software
Vodacom has played down the idea of uncapped broadband plans on its network, especially if it can’t get access to more radio frequency spectrum. This is despite rival MTN’s moves to offer uncapped data in some tariff plans, subject to certain terms and conditions
Telkom investors are confused. When the telecommunications company issued its trading update at the end of last month, the surprise aspect was not the further R900m loss it incurred to get mobile operator 8ta on to its feet, nor the
Competitors seeking access to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper cables into homes and businesses should be able to choose the model they want to use to gain access to the infrastructure. That’s the view of cellular network operator Vodacom, which
The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices