Vodacom cuts international call rates
Vodacom has announced a new product called International Calling Plus that allows customers to call 118 countries from rates starting at 89c/minute, billed on a per second basis. The operator says this amounts to a saving of up to 88% on some international calls. The product will be available from Sunday
SA gets first Salesforce.com reseller
A newly established technology company, Agilitude, hopes to capitalise on the fast growth of cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Salesforce.com. Agilitude has a powerful board of directors. Chaired by former South African Revenue Service CIO Ken Jarvis, the board includes
MTN ‘vindicated’ in court case
MTN South Africa said on Friday that it had been “vindicated” by the Johannesburg labour court, which had found “no merit” to claims by a former employee, Violet Magagane, that she was retrenched for exposing allged corruption at the cellphone network operator. Magagane had said she
MTN, Absa to fight Sim-swap fraud
MTN and Absa have formed a task team to keep a “close eye” on fraud and “bring about new ways to rapidly clamp down on it”. The decision to create the team follows an urgent meeting where executives from the two companies discussed the recent spate of Sim-swap fraud cases. The special
Joint action needed on cyber crime
Defending against cybercrime requires constant vigilance and training and collaboration between financial institutions, government departments and anyone else who is vulnerable to attack. That’s the view of Andrew Kirkland, country manager at cyber security firm Trustwave, who says there
Smart ID cards here in July
Green, barcoded identity books will be replaced with identity smart cards from July, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. “We will begin with the issuing of the cards to new applicants and those who need reissuing of identity documents from July this year,” she told reporters in Pretoria. Altech Card Solutions had
After FNB, Jordaan to focus on tech
Michael Jordaan is leaving First National Bank after 10 years as CEO to pursue his passion for technology and entrepreneurship. FNB parent FirstRand Group announced on Wednesday that Jordaan would step down at the end of the year, with the head of the bank’s business banking arm, Jacques Celliers, to take
Michael Jordaan to step down at FNB
First National Bank’s tech-savvy CEO, Michael Jordaan, is stepping down. He will leave the bank at the end of 2013, with Jacques Celliers set to take the reins from next year.
According to FNB parent FirstRand Group, Jordaan, who has been CEO of FNB for the past 10 years, wants to “spend more time with his family”
Take the Altron cash: analysts
Altron’s offer to buy out minority shareholders in subsidiary Altech and delist the technology and telecommunications company from the JSE is fair, analysts says. Last Friday, Altron made the offer, its second in six years. Both Altech and Altron are listed entities. The move sent
Microsoft goes all-in with Xbox One
Microsoft on Tuesday night joined the next generation console battle with the announcement of its Xbox One that critics are billing as an all-in-one entertainment device rather than simply a gaming console. While Microsoft gave the world a fairly detailed look at the features and capabilities
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