Internet service providers (ISPs) could get “hurt” as the decline in bandwidth prices in SA gathers steam.
The fall in prices, already evident in the market for fixed-line broadband, will result in lower revenue for ISPs and put pressure on their profit margins.
That’s the view of Keith Matthews (pictured), GM for sub-Saharan Africa at BT Global [...]
Johannesburg- and London-listed IT group Dimension Data has continued to weather tough global economic conditions, reporting a 6% year-on-year improvement in sales in the quarter ended 31 January 2010.
The group’s systems integration business performed well, especially in the US, though a poor quarter from Plessey dragged the numbers lower. “Plessey had a very weak quarter, [...]
London- and Johannesburg-listed IT services group Dimension Data has continued to expand its operating margin in spite of the tough economic conditions.
In the year ended 30 September 2009, operating margin expanded to 4,9% from 4% in 2008 on gross margins that few to 22,5% from 21,6% previously. Revenue remained flat at US$4bn in constant currency [...]
He may work in a futuristic, hi-tech industry, but Derek Wilcocks admits he is fascinated by the past.
The newly appointed MD of Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) has a keen interest in world and African history.
Wilcocks, who has just taken the reins at IS from Angus MacRobert, says the transition from the Dark Ages [...]
Internet Solutions (IS) MD Angus MacRobert, pictured, has stepped down for “personal reasons”. He is replaced by Derek Wilcocks, a long-time Dimension Data executive. IS is a division of Didata.
Speaking to TechCentral on Thursday, MacRobert said that after eight years at IS, he needed a change. “I need to focus and unwind and destress a [...]
Internet service provider Afrihost has set the proverbial cat among the pigeons by slashing its broadband prices to below cost in what could mark the start of a price war.
Afrihost, which provides Web hosting services, entered the broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) market just two months ago. But already it’s causing a stir by cutting [...]
SA’s mobile operators are unlikely to provide Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) with the contracts necessary for it to become a cellular service provider.
This leaves it with two options, says CEO Angus MacRobert: become a dealer, working through independent service providers such as Altech Autopage Cellular and Nashua Mobile, or buy a cellular service [...]
Jeremy Ord is glad summer is finally returning. The warmer conditions and the earlier sunrises allow the Dimension Data chairman to get up extra early to go cycling.
It’s his passion, he says, adding he’s glad that this year’s unusually harsh Highveld winter is finally ending. In summer, he rides every weekday morning with friends and [...]
Jeremy Ord is looking more relaxed than he has in years. It’s not unsurprising. After the torrid years that followed the technology collapse earlier this decade, Didata has begun outperforming the expectations of investors and stock market analysts, and consistently so.
In spite of the worst worldwide economic recession in decades, Didata’s share price is trading [...]
