Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 5
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Fri, November 29th, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
MTN Uganda adds mobile money ATM service with Interswitch
MTN Uganda has partnered with Interswitch to launch another mobile money ATM cash out service in the East African country. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 07:00 · Richard Cutcher
SA lacks engineers to push internet growth – Naspers
Naspers will stay away from investments in South African e-commerce and internet companies because of slow economic development and a lack of infrastructure engineers. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 05:00 · Richard Cutcher
US government falls foul of software piracy
The United States’ government is going to pay US$50 million to a company it pirated thousands of copies of its software from. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 19:30 · Richard Cutcher
Bitcoin value peaks above US$1,000
Mt.Gox is valuing a single Bitcoin at above US$1,000 after trading peaked above the landmark amount yesterday (Wednesday). → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
Nigeria to overtake SA as cloud computing booms in Africa
More Nigerian businesses will be using cloud-based services than in South Africa by the end of 2014, “dramatically” leapfrogging Kenya in the process, according to a survey carried out by Cisco and World Wide Worx. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
MTN takes fight to Turkcell over lawsuit
MTN Group has confirmed it will “vigorously” fight against Turkcell’s latest lawsuit filed against it relating to corruption allegations surrounding its award of a telecommunications licence in Iran. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Africa gets its first dedicated MVNE
Cell C has partnered with Mirage Telecom and Comverse to launch the first “dedicated mobile virtual network enabler” (MVNE) in Africa, as stakeholders begin to push the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) industry forward on the continent. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Tier III data centre goes live in Lagos
West Africa’s first Tier III data centre has gone live in Lagos with 3,000 rack spaces, positioning itself as the “future” of “disaster recovery, data storage and cloud-based data centre services” on the continent. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
MTN hoping for $450m Iran windfall
MTN Group, Africa’s largest mobile network company, is hoping the increased cooperation between the United States and Iran, including the expected lifting of sanctions, could boost its cashflow by around US$450 million. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Full recovery expected for Knott-Craig Sr, Cell C surpass 13 million subscribers
Jose Dos Santos, acting chief executive officer (CEO) at South Africa’s third network operatos Cell C, has given a positive report on Alan Knott-Craig Sr’s health, saying he expect the CEO to make a full recovery. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
Nokia-inspired Jolla smartphones hit Finnish market
The first 450 Jolla smartphones, founded by ex-Nokia employees and running on the Sailfish operating system, were released last night (Wednesday) in Helsinki, Finland. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 06:00 · Richard Cutcher
University of Johannesburg to enforce tablet use for first years
First year students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) will be required to buy a discounted tablet, if they do not already have one, or a laptop before beginning their studies in 2014. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
ITU broadband commission publishes manifesto
A new broadband manifesto, signed by 48 members of an International Telecommunications Union (ITU) commission, has stated faster speed connections are “critical” to driving growth and transforming lives. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Windows RT days are numbered
Microsoft could be about to kill off its Windows RT operating system (OS) after Julia Larson-Green, the company’s executive vice-president for devices and studios, said having three OSs was too many. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
No legal merit to Turkcell case – MTN Group
MTN Group believes there will be “no legal merit” to Turkcell’s latest lawsuit filed against them in South Africa, although it is withholding further comment until it has examined the papers. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
OPINION: Good news for Naspers, little good news for Africa
Naspers, the 98-year-old South African multimedia and internet company, released its half year results yesterday, showing stunning growth across its online businesses, but little credit was given to any of its Africa-based operations. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
Kenyan digital migration case to begin next week
The High Court hearing which will determine whether there should be another delay to Kenya's digital migration will begin on December 6, after two more parties joined three media houses in a petition against the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
BB Z30 now available on Cell C
Cell C, South Africa’s third largest mobile network, is now providing the BlackBerry Z30 to customers through a range of packages. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
Turkcell reignites MTN battle with SA lawsuit
Turkish mobile operator Turkcell has filed its latest lawsuit against MTN Group, this time in South Africa, claiming damages over a long running dispute in Iran. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 08:30 · Richard Cutcher
ODM requests transfer of StarSat licence to StarTimes
On Digital Media (ODM), owners of pay-TV platform StarSat - previously known as TopTV - has applied to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to transfer its licence to StarTimes Media as a result of the pending bailout the latter is responsible for. → Read more
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