Articles by Brandon Gregory

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Thu, January 17th, 14:14 · Brandon Gregory

Apple TV to arrive in South Africa

South Africans will be able to enjoy Apple TV from tomorrow (Friday), allowing consumers to stream content from their Apple devices onto the big screen. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 13:01 · Brandon Gregory

e.tv hits back over digital migration delay claims

South African free-to-air broadcaster e.tv has lashed out at Communications Minister Dina Pule for suggesting broadcasters were the cause for the digital migration delays and for misrepresenting the court ruling. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 12:36 · Brandon Gregory

Africa and Middle East region to reach one billion mobile subscribers

A study by Pyramid Research has concluded mobile subscribers in the African and Middle East region will pass the one billion mark in the first quarter of this year, overtaking developed markets. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 15:32 · Brandon Gregory

South African IT work outsourced to foreign nationals

Evidence has emerged that South African information technology (IT) jobs are being outsourced to foreign nationals, despite the 25 percent unemployment rate in the country. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 15:13 · Brandon Gregory

Democratic Alliance criticise SA’s Communications Minister’s court appeal

Marian Shinn, South Africa’s Shadow Minister of Communications, has criticised Communications Minister Dina Pule’s court appeal over the control of the set-top-boxes (STB). → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 11:55 · Brandon Gregory

Econet Zimbabwe reaches eight million subscribers

A Zimbabwean telecoms company has reached more than eight million subscribers thanks in part to the introduction of Buddie Zone, a service allowing subscribers to communicate at discounted rates. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 09:45 · Brandon Gregory

Digital Migration 2015 target could be missed by three years – South African government

The Department of Communications (DoC) in South Africa has warned the country will miss the internationally agreed deadline to migrate to digital signal by 2015 if the South Gauteng High Court ruling is put into action. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 13:24 · Brandon Gregory

No Strings Attached, South Africa’s latest social media site

“No-strings” is the driving concept behind a new South African social network, or “hookups” site, creating a one-stop profile and chat site for the more promiscuous seeking similar encounters. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 12:32 · Brandon Gregory

Airtel Zambia ends 2012 with 4.6 million subscribers

Airtel Zambia ended 2012 on a successful note with more than 4.6 million subscribers to its networks and after expanding to include 140 areas previously without any mobile coverage. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 14:15 · Brandon Gregory

Windows 8 launches in the Kinyarwanda language

Microsoft has released its latest version of Windows to include the Rwandan language of Kinyarwanda. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 13:08 · Brandon Gregory

Ghana’s President appoints medical doctor as Communications Minister

Dr Edward Omane Boamah has been appointed by President John Dramani Mahama to replace acting substantive Minister Harruna Iddrissu as Minister of Communications. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 09:35 · Brandon Gregory

CCK: More than 2.4 million Kenyan SIM cards deactivated

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) reports more than 2.4 million unregistered SIM cards have been deactivated by the country’s four mobile service providers as it continues its push to keep track of mobile users. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 15:04 · Brandon Gregory

BEC optimistic about Malepa application

The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) is using the Malepa web-based application to process national examinations and is optimistic it will produce satisfactory results. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 14:46 · Brandon Gregory

Kenya’s Konza Tech City MDP2 deadline extended

The deadline for the Master Delivery Partner 2 (MDP2) of Konza City bids has been extended to January 25 by the Information and Communication Ministry of Kenya, giving interested parties two more weeks to respond to the Request for Expression of Interest. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 10:55 · Brandon Gregory

UPDATE: BlackBerry connectivity problem in Europe affects SA users

Angry South African BlackBerry users have reported connectivity issues via social media sites, querying why their BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) has ceased. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 09:59 · Brandon Gregory

Vodacom’s Power Hour price increase explained

The doubling in price of Vodacom’s returning Power Hour promotion has been attributed to the service being available for an extra two hours each day. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 06:40 · Brandon Gregory

Zimbabwe: Bulawayo city council slams Telecel

Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile network provider Telecel has come under fire from the Bulawayo city council for building base stations without their approval. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 19:08 · Brandon Gregory

Global mobile banking users could reach one billion by 2017

A Juniper Research study has revealed one billion people will have used their mobile phones for Internet banking purposes by 2017. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 13:09 · Brandon Gregory

No progress on Zimbabwe’s telecom companies privatisation

There has been no progress of note in the privatisation of Zimbabwe’s telecoms companies, which has been recognised as a possible strategy in a bid to help the ailing financial status of the country. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 09:18 · Brandon Gregory

Digital migration could reach 95.5 percent of African TVs by 2018

A study by Digital TV Research has concluded that the analogue to digital migration of sub-Saharan African television is expected to reach 95.5 percent of households with televisions by 2018. → Read more