Tempered Christmas cheer for e-retailers
SA’s top online stores have all enjoyed marked growth over the same period last year, with some reporting up to 40% year-on-year sales increases. However, an analyst says the performance could
Trouble at Neotel as retrenchments loom
There’s no cheer this Christmas for Neotel employees. The operator has notified staff that retrenchments are looming, blaming the weak global economy for the move. But company insiders say Neotel, which has more
2010: the year bandwidth prices nosedived
It has been a year of falling bandwidth prices in SA. Though it took a little time before it happened, the arrival of the Seacom undersea cable jumpstarted a downward spiral in broadband prices. With access to lower international bandwidth
Cell C ‘going for Telkom’s jugular’
Cell C is “going for Telkom’s jugular with its new rates” and is no longer playing in the same field as SA’s other mobile operators, says an analyst. Less than a month ago it
Will Telkom’s 8ta conquer or crater?
Telkom has set its sights on taking up to 15% of the SA market in the next five years with its new mobile network, 8ta. Analysts say the target is ambitious, but some think it is doable.
Why mobile TV won’t fly
More than four years after the first mobile-TV service was introduced, only 3,2m users worldwide are paying to receive broadcasts to their handsets, according to research by international analyst firm Juniper Research. This is probably bad news for pay-TV incumbent MultiChoice and cellphone operator Vodacom, both of which have recently introduced mobile-TV products.
Millions use cellphone Internet, new study shows
The use of mobile Internet services in SA has “exploded”, though less than half of urban cellphone users who have Internet-capable phones use the Internet, according to new research from World Wide Worx. A new reseach report, released on Thursday, shows that use of specific applications such as MXit and Facebook Mobile far outpace browsing [...]
The great data roaming rip-off
“Bill shock” is a growing problem for SA travellers. They go overseas, and, before they know it, they’ve run up a bill of thousands of rand without even making a phone call. The problem is, as with roaming voice charges, the mobile operators impose exorbitant fees for roaming data – in some cases, more than R100 000/GB. And with smartphones, which are constantly polling the network looking for updates to e-mail and other services, consumers can quickly run up monster-sized
Broadband use in SA leaps 50% – new research
New research suggests the number of South Africans using the Internet via broadband connections has leapt 50% in the past year, thanks mainly to fast adoption of wireless broadband technologies. According to World Wide Worx’s Internet Access in SA 2010 study, released on Wednesday, the growth in the use of wireless broadband is mainly a [...]
Smartphones gain traction in corporate SA
Smartphones, cellphones with large screens and the ability to browse the Web and access e-mail and other online services, have made a “dramatic entry” into corporate SA, far surpassing general consumer use or small business use. That’s a key finding in a new research study released on Thursday by World Wide Worx. Its “Mobile Corporation [...]
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