What’s wrong with the ECA Bill?

What’s wrong with the ECA Bill?

By Kathy Gibson – The proposed Electronic Communications Amendment (ECA) Bill has come under fire from almost all the parties it will affect, and will likely embroil the industry in years of litigation if it is passed into law. Free Market Foundation (FMF)...

S9/S9+ phone hits 8m sold in launch month

Samsung shipped just over 8-million of its newly-launched flagship devices, the Galaxy S9 and S9+, in the first four weeks after launch. The launch performance of the S9 series closely matched that of the S8 series in April 2017, but failed to surpass the 9-million...

Fraud stats confirm SA’s high crime rate

Once believed to be the domain of government, high level economic crime has become more common in the corporate arena with exposure of the wrongdoing of many reputable companies. This level of economic crime has reached new heights and trust among the average citizens...

Counting the cost of unlicensed software

South African companies paid almost R5,2-million in damages for using unlicensed software in 2017 up from R3,6-million in 2016. This is according to data from BSA The Software Alliance, which received 281 reports in South Africa alleging the use of unlicensed software...

Service providers explore IoT opportunities

Service providers are pursuing multiple paths to achieve revenue growth from the Internet of Things (IoT), with 70% of respondents in a new survey having no well-defined strategy. The Ericsson study, “Exploring IoT Strategies”, also found that service...

Asia, Middle East a hotbed of new threats

During the first three months of the year, Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a wave of new APT activity based mainly in Asia – more than 30% of Q1 reports were dedicated to threat operations in this region. A peak of activity was also observed in the Middle...