Online extortion was big in 2016

Trend Micro has released its annual security roundup report, “2016 Security Roundup: A Record Year for Enterprise Threats,” which proves 2016 was truly the year of online extortion. Cyber threats reached an all-time high in 2016, with ransomware and...

ZTE, Intel partner on IoT innovation

ZTE and Intel have signed a strategic co-operation agreement to jointly establish an innovative lab for research and development of future key IoT technologies, including experimental verification, evaluation, and research and development of related technologies. Rose...

Crypto Valley Association forms blockchain group

Crypto Valley Association, the Swiss-based not-for-profit association supporting the development of blockchain and cryptographic-related technologies and businesses, has joined forces companies that include ConsenSys, UBS, PwC, Thomson Reuters, Luxoft, Canton of Zug,...

DTPS replies to FMF challenge

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has responded to an IT-Online article quoting the Free Market Foundation on ICT policy in South Africa: The article headlined “FMF Challenges Cwele on Policies” that was published on your website on 27 February...

Cell C in restructuring deal

Cell C has signed a restructuring agreement with its key lenders, majority bondholders and new equity investors, which will see the company reduce its debt to approximately R6-billion. The agreement sets out the framework and agrees the key principles by which the...

Service providers risk losing their customers

Accenture’s Dynamic Digital Consumers Survey revealed that if a global digital giant such as Google or Amazon launched an offer comparable to their mobile operator, 44% of respondents would leave their provider, forming a gloomy outlook for communications...