Open-access WiFi for Mall of Africa

Networks, South Africa’s first open-access WiFi network, along with global wireless equipment provider Ruckus Wireless, have successfully deployed the continent’s largest mall WiFi installation to provide consumers and retailers with a reliable and fast...

Otel extends FTTB to the East Rand

OTEL has expanded its fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) roll-out to Ekurhuleni with the provisioning of broadband voice and data services in a Boksburg office park. The independent telecoms provider says extending its FTTB office park roll-out to the East Rand for the...

MTN, Ericsson trial first LTE-U network

MTN SA, together with Ericsson, has successfully trialled LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) at MTN’s flagship channel store in Morningside, Johannesburg. LTE-U is a mobile technology innovation that enables higher data speeds, which increase network capacity and...

Apple posts quarterly revenue decline

Apple posted quarterly revenue of $50,6-billion and quarterly net income of $10,5-billion, or $1.90 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2015, ended 26 March. These results compare to revenue of $58-billion and net income of $13,6-billion, or $2.33 per diluted...

‘Please Call Me’ inventor wins ConCourt case

In a landmark verdict that could have further consequences for corporate South Africa, The Constitutional Court this morning ruled that Vodacom must compensate Nkosana Makate for helping it develop its “Please Call Me” SMS service. The verdict today...
NASA tracks a hazy killer

NASA tracks a hazy killer

For more than three decades NASA has focused its space-faring skills and science chops CSI-like on an elusive global killer. Later this month, that pursuit takes us to East Asia. In a few years, part way to the moon. Air pollution causes an estimated 152 000 deaths a...