Contestants gear up for Guinness record attempt

Telkom’s 11 contestants are making final preparations before they begin today’s attempt to beat the clock – and each other – to set a new record, certified by Guinness World Records, for the longest concurrent time spent watching movies. The current record stands at...

Neotel CEO cleared of corruption, resigns anyway

Neotel CEO Sunil Joshi has resigned from the company, as an investigation concludes that clears him of any bribery or corruption allegations. Joshi was earlier place on leave while a board-initiated investigation was conducted into certain transactions involving...
The reality of SA Connect

The reality of SA Connect

Massive infrastructure challenges lie ahead if we are to implement the SA Connect broadband policy as tabled two years ago. Yesterday (6 December) marked two years since the South African national broadband policy was published. This week, ICT research and consulting...

DA calls for new digital migration head

The Democratic Alliance has called on President Jacob Zuma to remove Communications Minister Faith Muthambi from managing the Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy and its accompanying legislation, and to restore these with urgency to the Ministry of...

Entrepreneurial partners get HP kudos

HP has held its first-ever Proximity Partner Accelerate Awards, recognising the smaller, more entrepreneurial partners within its channel that often don’t get a chance to share the limelight with their bigger counterparts. About 200 partners gathered at the...

First single-digit growth year for smartphones

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth. IDC predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9,8% in 2015 to a...