Voice systems record massive growth

Global service provider VoIP (voice over IP) and IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) revenue was up 46% year-over-year in 2Q15, to $1,3-billion. This is according to vendor market share, forecasts and preliminary analysis from the second quarter IHS Infonetics Service...

Black industrialists needed, says premier

The Gauteng City Region is formulating a sector strategy to break the monopoly-structured economy, according to Premier David Makhura. “We are formulating sector strategies in the province so that we know which interventions to provide for and for which...

Tech-enabled learning must benefit students

Technology-enabled learning is a major buzz term at the moment, with everyone from public to private schools and higher education institutions trying to get in on the action. But for this new frontier of learning to produce the desired results, there must be a clear...
Details of online cheaters leaked

Details of online cheaters leaked

Details of about 37-million users of the Ashley Madison cheating site have been dumped online as hackers make good on their promise to leak details gleaned from last month’s hack of the site. The details, which have yet to be confirmed as legitimate, are contained in a massive file that contains personal information and some credit card details of site users. Security expert Brian Krebs, writing on his Krebs on Security blog, believes the files could be the real deal – a fact he points out that Ashleymadison.com subscribers would wish otherwise.

Tshwane citizens get more free WiFi services

People who live in Tshwane can look forward to making free calls as well as downloading blockbuster movies free of charge on the Tshwane Free WiFi network, making Tshwane the first city in the world that offers free access to movies in this way. Kgosientso Ramokgopa,...

Massive growth forecast for M2M in retail

The number of cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections in the retail industry reached 23,1-million worldwide in 2014, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Cellular M2M technology enables devices such as POS terminals, ATMs, digital signs and...