Articles by Richard Cutcher

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Wed, February 13th, 13:43 · Richard Cutcher

Global mobile sales come down for the first time in three years

Worldwide mobile phone sales dipped 1.7 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, with 1.75 billion being sold, new research from Gartner has revealed. → Read more
Wed, February 13th, 10:42 · Richard Cutcher

Senegal’s Sonatel SA increases profit in 2012

West African network provider Sonatel SA has reported an increase in annual net profit by 11 percent to 171 billion CFA francs (US$349 million). → Read more
Wed, February 13th, 08:07 · Richard Cutcher

Apple chief drops biggest budget smartphone hint yet

The strongest hint yet that Apple could build a cheaper smartphone was dropped by its chief executive Tim Cook at a Goldman Sachs conference yesterday (Tuesday). → Read more
Tue, February 12th, 08:08 · Richard Cutcher

Pay-by-tweet launched by American Express

Serial tweeters are now able to buy products through the social network after payment company American Express (Amex) launched the first pay-by-tweet service. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 14:51 · Richard Cutcher

680km stretch of National Long Distance cable goes live in SA

Mobile operators MTN and Vodacom and telecommunications network operator Neotel will begin benefiting from a new fibre optic network after the Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal leg went live. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 13:50 · Richard Cutcher

MTN take full control of operator in Cyprus

South African mobile operator MTN Group has agreed a 50 percent equity deal in MTN Cyprus, giving it full control over its Mediterranean presence. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 12:50 · Richard Cutcher

Real bionic man with organs unveiled in British Science Museum

An artificial pancreas, kidney and functional blood circulatory system are among the features of the world’s first bionic man. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 15:14 · Richard Cutcher

US$24 billion buyout deal for Dell on table from its founder

Dell, the third largest computer maker in the world, has become the subject of private buyout offer today orchestrated by its founder of nearly 30 years ago, Michael Dell. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 15:20 · Richard Cutcher

OPINION: Can rebranding save BlackBerry, or is it a distraction?

From first impressions, the new BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 appear pretty neat devices with appealing and unique features, but during the launch it seemed Chief Executive Thorsten Heins wanted us to focus on anything other than the product. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 15:35 · Richard Cutcher

BB10 Launch: RIM ceases to exist, re-branded as BlackBerry

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its eagerly awaited BlackBerry 10 device and operating system at glamorous launches around the world, but eclipsed the announcement by revealing RIM no longer exists and will now be known simply as BlackBerry. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 13:00 · Richard Cutcher

iPhone 5 supply concerns “evaporate” in SA amid BB10 anticipation

Major suppliers are reportedly fully stocked with iPhone 5s despite its launch on December 15 last year being Apple’s most high-profile yet. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 10:41 · Richard Cutcher

South African R2 billion fibre-optic network to be delivered by Jasco Carrier

Jasco Carrier is to deliver a R2 billion (US$221 million) fibre-optic network for South African telecommunications operator Neotel, which could be exploited by MTN and Vodacom. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 07:34 · Richard Cutcher

African governments not following developed world’s lead in exploiting Twitter data requests

New statistics released by Twitter show only one African government, South Sudan, has made any data requests to the popular social media site in the past six months, while the United States has made 815. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher

Twitter bans porn search after explicit Vine videos uploaded

Twitter has embarked on a clean-up programme after micro-porn began appearing on its new six-second video sharing application Vine. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 10:07 · Richard Cutcher

MWEB respond to Telkom’s major price cut

MWEB has bit back in the growing South African ADSL price war started by Telkom last week by undercutting their part state-owned rival by R10 on its throttled uncapped products. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 09:27 · Richard Cutcher

SA’s leading Internet provider to embrace social media

South Africa’s part state-owned telecommunications company Telkom has created accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin in a bid to connect with customers. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 08:42 · Richard Cutcher

SA’s Telkom to slash rates next week

South African Internet provider Telkom is reducing the cost of its uncapped fixed-line broadband by up to 40 percent as it looks to undercut its competitors. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 07:44 · Richard Cutcher

BlackBerry manufacturers’ stock rises amid Chinese takeover talks

Lenovo, a Chinese computer company, has not ruled out buying Research In Motion, the struggling Canada-based manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 20:23 · Richard Cutcher

Striking off notice for TweetDeck will not threaten its existence

The multi-column British-built Twitter application TweetDeck will continue running as normal despite being served a striking off notice by the UK’s official business regulator. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 16:24 · Richard Cutcher

Google breaks US$50 billion revenue mark in 2012

Search giant Google has comfortably beaten analysts’ predictions by reporting US$14.4 billion revenue in the final quarter of 2012 and US$50 billion for the entire year. → Read more