Cellular IoT modules set for growth

Global cellular IoT module shipments increased by 76% in 2017 to a new record level of 237-million, fuelled by exceptional volume growth in China. According to Berg Insights, until 2023, shipments of cellular IoT devices are forecasted to grow at a compound annual...

Microplastics found in most salt brands

Over 90% of sampled salt brands globally were found to contain microplastics, with the highest number coming from salt sourced in Asia. This is according to a new study co-designed by Kim, Seung-Kyu, Professor at Incheon National University and Greenpeace East Asia....
CIOs confirm they’re in the third era of IT

CIOs confirm they’re in the third era of IT

Digital business is maturing, from tentative experiment to application at massive scale – and CIOs must evolve their thinking to be in tune with this new era of rapid increases in the scale of digital business. Gartner’s annual global survey of CIOs showed...

ISPA: open access is making progress

Communities across the country are increasingly insisting on open access fibre optic cable installations which provide a neutral platform for ISPs to compete with each other to the benefit of tenants and residents. That’s the word from South Africa’s...

Fintech startups get R16m from AlphaCode

Rand Merchant Investment Holding (RMI), through AlphaCode, has awarded entrepreneurial packages valued at R16-million to eight of South Africa’s most promising financial services startups. The entrepreneurial packages consist of R1-million in grant funding and...

Telkom implements ICASA’s End-User Subscriber Service Charter

Telkom is implementing the suspended End-User Subscriber Service Charter (EUSSC), starting with the introduction of revised usage depletion notifications as well as changing the default out-of-bundle billing on all its tariffs from Saturday, 20 October 2018. According...