Questions are swirling after Telkom said this week that, for the first time since its listing on the JSE in March 2003, it will not hold a presentation to talk about its interim financial results, which are due to be published on Monday. The results presentations, held every
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The National Planning Commission’s National Development Plan, published on Friday, makes a number of sensible, market-friendly proposals to grow SA’s information and communications technology industry. One of the most important is the idea of spectrum trading
MTN SA is stepping up its investment in network infrastructure, promising to double the number of third-generation (3G) mobile base stations across the country in the next two years to 6 000 and extending wireless broadband access deep into underserved
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
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