Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 27
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Mon, July 1st, 09:37 · Richard Cutcher
Facebook begins advertising cull
Facebook has started removing adverts from pages which contain sexual or violent content, after several businesses halted their dealings with the social network. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 08:31 · Richard Cutcher
Internet Solutions targets SMEs
Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions (IS) has launched a package aimed exclusively at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), connecting to IS’s network backbone. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 07:28 · Richard Cutcher
Neotel sale rumoured again
Dimension Data, MTN and Vodacom are all reported to be in the frame to secure Tata Communications’ stake in telecommunications operator Neotel. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 15:10 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom limit price increases
Telkom’s increase in new voice and data prices, to come into effect on August 1, has been set almost at almost one fifth of the guiding South African Consumer Price Index. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 13:33 · Richard Cutcher
SAPO goes digital
The South African Post Office (SAPO) has pitched itself as the most technologically advanced public service after launching the Trust Centre. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 10:19 · Richard Cutcher
Revenue-making startups present in Cape Town
Six Cape Town-based startups all making revenue presented their business models and visions at the first ST4GE event last night. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 08:26 · Richard Cutcher
Turkey hints at Twitter ban
Turkey has requested Twitter set up a “representative office” in the country because of the role social media played in the large scale protests against the government. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 07:47 · Richard Cutcher
SEACOM network back up after backhaul problems
Terrestrial backhaul issues between Mtunzini and Johannesburg were to blame for service disruptions on the SEACOM networks in South Africa yesterday (Thursday). → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 15:34 · Richard Cutcher
Office 365 expands African footprint
Microsoft’s Office 365 software has been launched in nine more markets across Africa, including Cameroon, Rwanda and Senegal. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 13:38 · Richard Cutcher
MTN misses chance to enter Myanmar
The MTN Group has missed out in its bid to become one of two new operators in the state of Myanmar, losing out to Norway’s Telenor and the Qatari Ooredoo. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 10:44 · Richard Cutcher
SABC defends appointments
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has hit back at claims by the Media Workers’ Association of SA (MWASA) they were putting too much emphasis on structure and personnel changes rather strategy development. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 09:16 · Richard Cutcher
Protect web from government and company meddling – Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, recognised as the inventor of the world wide web, has said provisions must be put in place to prevent the internet from being controlled by governments and big enterprises. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 07:23 · Richard Cutcher
No suspects identified in SAPS hacking case
The South African police appear to be no closer to finding out who hacked the SA Police Service (SAPS) website, with the investigation ongoing. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 15:36 · Richard Cutcher
Vodacom offer Q5 in SA
The BlackBerry Q5 is available in South Africa through Vodacom from today (Thursday), on both prepaid and contract packages. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 10:17 · Richard Cutcher
MasterCard’s mobile money entry in Egypt unlikely to set a trend
Cases of card companies such as Visa and MasterCard working with networks to introduce mobile money in Africa are going to be rare, according to a South African banking and mobile expert. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 07:50 · Richard Cutcher
Snapchat secure huge venture capital
Picture and video messaging app Snapchat has raised US$60 million in venture capital despite not making any money from the service, which launched two years ago. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 15:32 · Richard Cutcher
Zain looking to expand, not reduce, its African presence
Kuwait’s leading telecommunications provider, Zain, has indicated it has no intentions of withdrawing from Sudan and remains interested in launching in Libya → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 14:57 · Richard Cutcher
Group dating site launched in South Africa
South Africa’s latest dating platform has been launched, aiming to remove the awkwardness from one-on-one dates and instead looking to pair two groups of friends. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 11:29 · Richard Cutcher
ISPA call for spectrum audit details
South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC) has come under pressure from the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) to release information on its auditing of the allocation of radio frequency spectrum. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 09:46 · Richard Cutcher
Mobile wallet launched in Egypt
The world’s first Arabic mobile payment wallet has been launched in Egypt by MasterCard, the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Etisalat, building on the Egyptian Banks Company’s (EBC) already functioning mobile money programme. → Read more
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