Articles by Tom Jackson, Page 33
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Thu, September 5th, 19:30 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL ignored evidence e-tolling would fail – OUTA
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has joined the Democratic Alliance (DA) in accusing the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) of ignoring evidence that e-tolling would not work in the country. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 14:40 · Tom Jackson
SA’s Bandwidth Barn concept heading to townships
The Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism is investigating sites for a Bandwidth Barn in Cape Town’s townships, as the government looks to roll the model out further to benefit entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
Infrastructure needs apps to drive usage – Alcatel-Lucent
A number of applications need to be built on top of network infrastructure in order to increase usage and bring costs down, according to Luis Martinez Amago, president Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) of Alcatel-Lucent. → Read more
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Wed, September 4th, 12:40 · Tom Jackson
Drive demand for broadband – Kwele
Making South Africans aware of the benefits of broadband will benefit the country economically, says Puleng Kwele, chief technical officer (CTO) of Broadband Infraco. → Read more
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Tue, September 3rd, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
Collaboration vital on SA infrastructure
Telecoms industry players have urged all stakeholders to collaborate on the roll out of network infrastructure across South Africa, with a coherent government broadband policy central to this goal. → Read more
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Tue, September 3rd, 19:00 · Tom Jackson
4G for the “haves” not the “have nots” – Kwele
4G internet is for the “haves” rather than the “have nots”, as it is generally rolled out in areas where people already have access, according to Puleng Kwele, chief technical officer (CTO) at South Africa’s state-owned Broadband Infraco. → Read more
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Tue, September 3rd, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
2 LTE networks ideal – MTN
Two LTE networks is the optimum number for South Africa, according to Lambo Kanagaratnam, chief enterprise business officer of MTN. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 08:30 · Tom Jackson
Top Google executive joins China’s Xiaomi
Google’s vice president of product management for Android has left the company to join Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 16:30 · Tom Jackson
Afrihost, MTN internet problems due to cyberattack
South African internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has confirmed an outage on the MTN network on Wednesday which affected Afrihost and Axxess customers was caused by a denial-of-service attack. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
MTN to review sponsorship strategy
South African telecoms group MTN is reviewing its sponsorship strategy following an audit which revealed more than ZAR19 million (US$1.84 million) in irregular payments. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 12:30 · Tom Jackson
Huawei appoints new CEO in SA
Huawei has appointed Wilson Liu as its new chief executive officer (CEO) for South African operations, with the job of driving its market development strategy in the country. → Read more
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Thu, August 29th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
ANC must apologise over Kohler Barnard accusations – DA
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has said the ruling African National Congress (ANC) must apologise over “fallacious” accusations made against DA member of parliament (MP) Dianne Kohler Barnard. → Read more
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Wed, August 28th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian startup makes final of TNW Mobile Startup Rally
Egyptian bug reporting tool Instabug has been nominated as the only African finalist in The Next Web’s Mobile Startup Rally, overcoming competition from more than 100 hundred applicants worldwide. → Read more
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Wed, August 28th, 14:40 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: 2012/2013 will go down as the “year of transparency”
Facebook may have been the last of the world’s biggest internet companies to disclose exactly how many requests for data from governments it received and accepted, but the social network bowing to pressure from campaigners signifies how important transparency is to users in the wake of the PRISM saga. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
iPhone 5S rumoured to be a third faster than current model
Apple’s iPhone 5S will run on an A7 processor “about 31 per cent faster” than the iPhone 5’s A6 chip. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 10:40 · Tom Jackson
Vodacom Tanzania to invest $124m in network expansion
Vodacom Tanzania is planning to spend TZS200 billion (US$124 million) on network expansion in the country as it seeks growth in subscriber numbers. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Altron completes Altech acquisition
Allied Electronics (Altron) has announced the completion of its total acquisition of Allied Technologies (Altech), which will see Altech delist from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL e-tolling advertising spin a “disgrace” – DA
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has branded the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) e-tolling advertising budget a “disgrace”. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
SA police finalise phone tapping investigation – report
The South African police has finalised its investigation into officers over the alleged bugging of phones belonging to former police chief Bheki Cele and two Sunday Times journalists. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Omissions in requested e-toll documents – DA
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has received the contract documentation from the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) on e-tolling in Gauteng, but says there are some items missing. → Read more
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