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Mon, January 7th, 08:54 · Brandon Gregory

OUTA deciding whether to continue SA e-toll legal battle

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (OUTA) future is on the line as it will decide whether or not to continue the legal battle against e-tolling in Gauteng province today (Monday). → Read more
Sun, January 6th, 19:52 · Tefo Mohapi

No more capped ADSL for SA’s Telkom customers

Telkom, South Africa’s partially state owned telecommunications company, is removing the “hard cap” on its capped ADSL services, instead allowing customers to continue having Internet access even after exhausting their allocated traffic allowance. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 15:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

SA Internet speeds may decrease with LTE rollout

Internet speeds in South Africa may slow as bandwidth sharing increases due to increased Internet usage and rollout of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks, according to David Belson, product line director, custom government engineering at Akamai. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 13:41 · HumanIPO

Emergency services unavailable due to cable theft

Emergency services in Queenstown, South Africa, are currently out of reach to the public after a cable theft yesterday (Thursday). → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 12:07 · Brandon Gregory

SITA renders government site unhackable by shutting it down

Following the hacking of three South African government websites, the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has simply shut down one of them. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 07:05 · Gabriella Mulligan

SABC signs last-minute Afcon broadcasting deal

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has signed a R65 million (US$7.5 million) deal for the broadcasting rights of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football tournament, finally ending protracted negotiations. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 16:27 · Gabriella Mulligan

No LTE services yet for SA iPhone5 users

iPhone 5 users in South Africa will not be able to access Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services via their mobile devices until Apple has completed network vetting procedures of local operators. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 13:16 · Tefo Mohapi

New Vox Telecom CEO announced

Jacques du Toit has been confirmed the new Chief Executive at South Africa’s Vox Telecom effective from 01 January 2013, replacing a joint CEO partnership. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 10:45 · Tefo Mohapi

2012 SA Blog Awards winners announced

New Year’s Eve saw the announcement of the winners of the “2012 SA Blog Awards” after a public voting phase and decision by judges on categories which included “The Best Science and Technology Blog”. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 09:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Ubuntu announces Linux-based alternative to Android for smartphones

Ubuntu, the open source Linux-based operating system founded by South Africa’s Mark Shuttleworth, have announced a smartphone version of their ever popular platform. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 07:34 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Nomanini boosting entrepreneurs and rural connectivity through Google App Engine

South African startup Nomanini is doing its part to encourage entrepreneurship and rural connectivity in the country by using Google’s App Engine as a backend system for its “Lula” (isiZulu for “easy”) portable mobile services voucher sales terminal. → Read more
Wed, January 2nd, 14:30 · HumanIPO

MTN awards millions in shares

Ten MTN directors are set up to be millionaires with shares worth R55.6 million (US$6.5 million), as granted according to the operator’s 2010 performance plan. → Read more
Wed, January 2nd, 09:57 · Brandon Gregory

TopTV’s website hacked on New Year’s Day

Sensitive information stored on TopTV’s website might have landed in the hands of hackers after a security breach of the site yesterday (Tuesday). → Read more
Tue, January 1st, 08:18 · Brandon Gregory

FEATURE: Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and 8ta making provisions for faster internet for 2013

With the roll-out of multiple Long Term Evolution (LTE) projects and trials, South Africans can expect improved wireless communication of high-speed data for their mobile phones. → Read more
Mon, December 24th, 07:11 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Politics: social media a key to success?

It has been an eventful year on the South African political ground. The tug of war between the African National Congress (ANC) and Democratic Alliance (DA), personified by leaders Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille, monopolised the attention of the country. → Read more
Mon, December 24th, 06:00 · Richard Cutcher

Cell C to support BlackBerry 10 devices in South Africa

Cell C have confirmed they will be stocking BlackBerry 10 devices when they are launched in Johannesburg at the end of January. → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 13:49 · HumanIPO

South Africa IT expenditure predicted to reach US$ 18.1 billion by 2017

South Africa’s IT expenditure will rise by eight percent within the next four to five years to US$18.1 billion,according to a recent report released by Business Monitor International (BMI). → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 13:01 · Brandon Gregory

E-Tolling: OUTA to decide on court appeal

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) believes there are “reasonably strong reasons to appeal” the High Court’s decision to dismiss their application to abandon controversial e-tolling. → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 12:20 · Gabriella Mulligan

E.tv wins court case against Dina Pule

The High Court of South Gauteng has ruled in favour of e.tv in finding that Communications Minister Dina Pule overreached her powers in awarding set-top-box controls to Sentech. → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 12:15 · HumanIPO

AT&T broadband frequency choice encourages SA’s 8ta

South African mobile operator 8ta has been boosted by American telecommunications giant AT&T’s choice to use the same frequency for their expansion. → Read more