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Q&A with MWeb CEO Rudi Jansen

Q&A with MWeb CEO Rudi Jansen »

MWeb dropped a bombshell on the SA Internet industry on Thursday morning when it announced it was slashing the cost of fixed-line broadband and introducing uncapped offerings starting at just R219/month. The move, which brings...

March 18 2010 / 13 comments / Read More »
Telkom set to sign roaming deal with MTN

Telkom set to sign roaming deal with MTN »

Telkom, which will become SA’s fourth mobile network operator when it launches commercial wireless services later this year, will sign a national roaming agreement with MTN, multiple independent sources have said. The apparent deal means Telkom...

March 17 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Analysts laud Cell C for tower sale plan

Analysts laud Cell C for tower sale plan »

Telecommunications analysts have lauded Cell C for its plan apparently to sell its national network of base stations. TechCentral reported on Tuesday that Cell C is in talks with American Tower Corp (ATC) and Eaton Telecom...

March 4 2010 / 7 comments / Read More »

News

Afrihost throws its hat into the ring »

Afrihost throws its hat into the ring

The company that in many respects started SA’s broadband price war, Afrihost, says it will introduce low-cost and uncapped broadband packages from early next...

Mar 19 2010 / 10 comments / Read More »

Now Vox enters SA’s broadband price war »

Now Vox enters SA’s broadband price war

Just a day after MWeb dropped a bombshell on SA’s Internet industry by slashing broadband prices and introducing uncapped offerings, Vox Telecom subsidiary...

Mar 19 2010 / No comment / Read More »

MWeb to meet lawyers over broadband terms »

MWeb to meet lawyers over broadband terms

MWeb, facing criticism from some consumers over fair-use provisions in the terms and conditions of its new, uncapped broadband packages, will meet with its...

Mar 19 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Fixed-line number portability delayed »

Fixed-line number portability delayed

The second and final stage of the introduction of fixed-line number portability, which will allow individual Telkom customers to switch networks without losing their...

Mar 19 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Altech to expand into China, other markets »

Altech to expand into China, other markets

Altech will soon expand into Brazil and China, and increase its presence in India and Nigeria, as the JSE-listed IT and telecommunications group seeks...

Mar 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Podcasts

ZA Tech Show: Episode 103 »

ZA Tech Show: Episode 103

Incredible Connection CEO Dave Miller joins us on the show this week. Your panellists are Don Packett, Simon Dingle and, later, Duncan McLeod. They discuss MTN's financial results, IT spending, 3D gaming, and much more...

Mar 15 2010 / No comment / Read More »

ZA Tech Show: Episode 103 Live (video) »

ZA Tech Show: Episode 103 Live (video)

This is a video transcript of the live recording of episode 103 of the ZA Tech Show, produced at our new studio at Thunk’s offices in Johannesburg. The show is broadcast live every Friday afternoon at 4pm, SA time, and the...

Mar 12 2010 / No comment / Read More »

ZA Tech Show: Episode 102 »

ZA Tech Show: Episode 102

We’re in our new studio space this week, echoes, unpainted walls and all. Brett Haggard, Don Packett, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. We discuss Cell C, in-flight Wi-Fi and much more...

Mar 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »

After Hours

God of War 3: Olympic gory »

God of War 3: Olympic gory Last month, Sony published the artsy Heavy Rain with the lofty goal of expanding the emotional range of videogames. Its new PlayStation 3...

Mar 20 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »
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People

Why moving on is hard for MTN’s Nhleko

Why moving on is hard for MTN’s Nhleko

“It’s difficult to let go.” Phuthuma Nhleko, MTN’s group president and CEO, sounds almost rueful when I ask him why he’s decided to hang up his hat at the mobile operator. “You do a...

Mar 12, 2010 / More »

Best of the Web

Icann considers top-level domain proposals

Icann considers top-level domain proposals

Pornographic websites could soon have their own top-level domain, alongside .net, .com and .org. That's if the international body that manages Web addresses agrees to new proposals put to it at a meeting...

Mar 10, 2010 / More »

Reviews

Netbook shoot-out: Booklet 3G vs Pavilion DM1

Netbook shoot-out: Booklet 3G vs Pavilion DM1

It’s hard to believe that it’s been only 30 months since Taiwan’s Asus invented the netbook market with its Eee PC. The power and design of the latest generation of netbooks make the original...

Mar 3, 2010 / More »

Start-ups

TechCentral launches focus on SA start-ups

TechCentral launches focus on SA start-ups

TechCentral, SA’s source of quality technology news and analysis, is pleased to introduce a new section to the website this week focused on the country’s technology start-ups. In spite of the huge challenges facing...

Mar 16, 2010 / More »

Paul Theron

Why MTN is a screaming buy

Why MTN is a screaming buy

In an article in the 1 December 2005 edition of Fortune magazine, Paul LaMonica wrote that the new AT&T (just merged with SBC) was “not worth buying”. He anticipated declining margins due to...

Mar 12, 2010 / More »

Andrew Rens

Changing copyright: the bigger picture

Changing copyright: the bigger picture

Writing in defence of rights management and in response to my comment on his interview, Spoor & Fisher’s Owen Dean says he and I “approach copyright from two diametrically opposed departure points”. We...

Mar 19, 2010 / More »

Duncan McLeod

Why operators are learning to share

Why operators are learning to share

First came the news that Cell C is planning to sell its national network of base stations to a third-party tower operator. Now MTN SA, looking to cut costs, may begin selling space...

Mar 17, 2010 / More »

Owen Dean

In defence of rights management

In defence of rights management

Andrew Rens has commented on the recent interview TechCentral conducted with me in which I expressed critical comment on the state of SA’s copyright laws and, more particularly, as they affect the music...

Mar 16, 2010 / More »
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