Articles by Tom Jackson

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Wed, March 20th, 04:57 · Tom Jackson

Ovum: regulators must do more to push rural broadband

An Ovum analyst has said African regulators are failing to assist the rollout of broadband to rural areas, with the spread of broadband set to be the driver of African growth. → Read more
Tue, March 19th, 15:17 · Tom Jackson

Submarine cables still relevant, must rethink business model

Submarine cables still have relevance in Africa due to their ability to provide large amounts of bandwidth, says Seacom’s former group strategy and business development executive. → Read more
Tue, March 19th, 13:02 · Tom Jackson

SA broadband provision “inadequate”, ignores consumer – Goldstuck

World Wide Worx chief executive officer Arthur Goldstuck says broadband provision in South Africa is inadequate and operators need to listen more to their consumers. → Read more
Tue, March 19th, 09:37 · Tom Jackson

Digital TV can bridge digital divide

Migration to digital television can help bridge the digital divide through increasing the access to information, according to the managing director of SoftArc Technologies. → Read more
Tue, March 19th, 08:48 · Tom Jackson

USAASA applies to Treasury for more set-top box subsidation funds

The Universal Services and Access Agency of South Africa has applied to the Treasury for additional funding for the subsidisation of set-top boxes. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 15:42 · Tom Jackson

Samsung backtracks on DStv decoder deal

Samsung South Africa has backtracked on the official announcement it had signed a deal with MultiChoice to integrate DStv decoders into its televisions. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 14:54 · Tom Jackson

Dropbox to acquire Mailbox

Dropbox has announced it is to acquire the company behind email management application Mailbox, as it looks to diversify its feature offering. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 13:36 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: DoC, ICASA treat digital TV with contempt

Africa’s first Digital TV Summit kicked off today, but it seems the industry’s worthiness is still not recognised by the powers that be in South Africa, with neither the Department of Communications (DoC) nor the Independent Communications Commission of South Africa (ICASA) bothering to show up. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 11:03 · Tom Jackson

70% of SA has digital signal – Sentech

Sentech, the state-owned firm responsible for rolling out digital signal across South Africa, says 70 per cent of the country is now covered, which will rise to 80 per cent by the end of the month. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 09:22 · Tom Jackson

Better planning is required for digital migration

Industry players attending the Digital TV Summit in Bryanston, Johannesburg, have called on the Department of Communications to improve its planning for digital migration after representatives from the ministry failed to give their scheduled address. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 07:34 · Tom Jackson

Industry figures must be “fearless” – Turbo Worx CEO

Gelfand Kausiyo, chief executive officer (CEO) of digital services firm Turbo Worx, believes industry players must be “fearless” as South Africa moves towards digital migration. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 14:29 · Tom Jackson

3D print self-designed dolls with iPad app

UK-based firm Makies Doll Factory is allowing users to design their own doll and then have it 3D printed, with over 70,000 dolls designed in the first week of the iPad app’s availability. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 13:53 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Is Apple in an innovation freeze?

Such a question could never have been asked a few years ago, but recently it has been becoming more legitimate: is Apple spent as an innovative force? → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 12:29 · Tom Jackson

New Telkom CEO next month – Pule

Minister of Communications Dina Pule says a new chief executive officer (CEO) of part state-owned South African operator Telkom will be announced in April, as the company’s share price continued to fall. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 10:58 · Tom Jackson

Rwanda to roll out disease electronic disease reporting system

The Rwandan Ministry of Health will complete the rollout an electronic integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) system across the country’s district hospitals and health centres next month. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 10:12 · Tom Jackson

Referendum crowdmap live in Zimbabwe

A crowdmap is live in Zimbabwe allowing citizens to report on cases of intimidation and corruption in tomorrow’s constitutional referendum, in spite of government attempts to crack down on monitoring. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 08:07 · Tom Jackson

Pule sends angry letter to SABC

Communications Minister Dina Pule has written an angry letter to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board over several actions she describes as “unprocedural”. → Read more
Thu, March 14th, 15:57 · Tom Jackson

Motsoeneng removal stands – SABC board

The majority of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board has insisted the decision to remove Hlaudi Motsoeneng as acting chief operations officer (COO) stands, despite Minister of Communications Dina Pule’s statement to the contrary earlier. → Read more
Thu, March 14th, 14:25 · Tom Jackson

BlackBerry shares jump after large order

Shares in BlackBerry jumped yesterday after a partner ordered one million BlackBerry 10 smartphones, which the company described as the largest single purchase order in its history. → Read more
Thu, March 14th, 13:55 · Tom Jackson

Samsung to launch Galaxy S4 tonight

Samsung is to launch a new premium smartphone tonight in New York, expected to be called the Galaxy S4. → Read more