Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 30
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Wed, June 12th, 13:36 · Richard Cutcher
Stanbic offer iPad finance deal in Nigeria
Apple’s official Nigerian distributor and Stanbic ITBC Bank have completed a deal to enable customers to pay for an iPad over 12 months. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 12:16 · Richard Cutcher
We will boycott operators if surveillance begins – SA consumers
A consumer pressure group has fired a warning to telecommunications companies in South Africa that may be under pressure to provide private data to local or foreign governments. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 10:21 · Richard Cutcher
Shuttleworth a “financial refugee”
South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth’s attack on the country’s exchange controls could “pull the whole system down”, with the entrepreneur being described as a “financial refugee” by the Reserve Bank. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 14:55 · Richard Cutcher
Tech Mahindra seals US$20 million Ghanaian wireless deal
Surfline Limited, one of three companies to be awarded a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licence in Ghana in February, has reportedly commissioned an Indian business to set-up and manage its services for US$20 million. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 12:49 · Richard Cutcher
Arik Air begin online check-in
Nigeria’s Arik Air has launched an online check-in service, allowing customers to register 24 hours before their flight takes off. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 08:51 · Richard Cutcher
Broadband to reach one billion by end of decade
A research group has predicted broadband penetration will increase by around 50 per cent to 940 million over the next five years. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 08:36 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom impairment valued at ZAR12 billion
South African telecommunications giant Telkom has confirmed it will impair the cost of its assets by ZAR12 billion (US$1.2 billion) in a bid to turn its financial performance around. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 08:12 · Richard Cutcher
Africa reacts to US data surveillance, Zimbabwe labels States hypocrites
African officials have reacted to the growing revelations surrounding the United States government’s secret collection of phone and internet data, with Zimbabwe labelling them hypocrites. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 14:04 · Richard Cutcher
iROKOtv moving offline in SA with DVD catalogue
iROKO Partners will offer “offline” services to South Africans wishing to watch Nollywood movies by providing a DVD catalogue containing the ten most popular Nigerian productions. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 12:54 · Richard Cutcher
Airtime cost protest set for Cape Town
The Right2Know Campaign has organised a march in Cape Town on Wednesday to heighten the pressure on mobile operators to reduce the cost of airtime and data in South Africa. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 12:38 · Richard Cutcher
MTN ends three-year-old data packages
MTN has ditched the Uncapped Lite and Uncapped Pro data packages it has run in South Africa since 2010 in favour of new price plans. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 10:02 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat adds Benin to growing list of African operations
Mobile group Etisalat has been granted permission to launch a network in West African country Benin as it further expands its African footprint. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:03 · Richard Cutcher
Interswitch splits company in two
Pan-African integrated payment processing and transaction switching company Interswitch Transnational Holdings has divided its business into two divisions, to separate focus on regional and international operations. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 08:10 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom’s maintenance to blame for massive downtime
The countrywide blackout of ADSL services for many South Africans has been put down to Telkom's maintenance work. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 14:52 · Richard Cutcher
ICASA turns attention to Sentech
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has warned Sentech increased competition regulations could be heading their way in a bid to tackle its market dominance. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 14:06 · Richard Cutcher
MapIT swaps Times Live for TomTom
Global location specialists TomTom have agreed a ZAR37.5 million (US$3.7 million) deal with Times Media Group (TMG) to buy a 51 per cent stake in South African MAP Integration Technologies (MapIT). → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 12:45 · Richard Cutcher
ICASA challenges ISPs to halve broadband costs
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has challenged internet service providers (ISPs) to raise their game to bring down costs, telling them “if a startup can do it, why can’t you?”. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 10:16 · Richard Cutcher
iPhone trade-in could boost emerging market sales
Apple are set to begin an iPhone trade-in scheme which could lead to sales boosts in emerging markets. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 09:36 · Richard Cutcher
US authorities harvesting personal data
The extent of the United States government’s snooping on citizens’ activities on the internet has been revealed, with its security agency tracking Google, Facebook and Apple accounts. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 08:33 · Richard Cutcher
iRadio to launch next week
Apple is expected to unveil its long awaited music streaming service next week, with potential advertisers having reportedly been sounded out. → Read more
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