Telkom cuts broadband prices

Telkom cuts broadband prices

Apr 24, 2015

Telkom Wholesale Services has announced wholesale unit price reductions of up to 63% across its product range, including wholesale fibre broadband access, IP Connect, Resell DSL, Metro Ethernet and SAIX dedicated access offerings. This announcement is the latest in a series of price reductions of Telkom’s IP Connect product, which has now effectively been halved over the past 18 months. Effective 1 May 2015, Telkom’s Wholesale customers can expect the a number of price adjustments.

Offensive online messages to be removed

Apr 24, 2015

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has committed to removing offensive messages posted on platforms such as mobile networks, Facebook and Web sites they control within five working days. This follows a successful meeting between the association and...

MTN launches music streaming service

Apr 24, 2015

MTN South Africa has debuted MTN Music+, a subscription-based music streaming and download platform. Music+ is the only platform that offers its users the ability to simultaneously stream and download music and videos offline. Music+ subscribers can also share music and videos with friends and preview tracks under the same user profile. MTN subscribers can access Music+ through the Web and mobile devices, and the service is compatible with a range of operating systems including iOS, Android and BlackBerry.

‘Smart’ connections will affect business

Apr 24, 2015

By 2019, 65% of South African mobile connections will be “smart” connections. This is according to the latest annual update of the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast 2014 – 2019. The significant growth in mobile connections and traffic is...

Outcome-centric approach aids bimodal IT

Apr 24, 2015

Organisations struggling with bimodal IT projects should adopt a more outcome-centred approach to project management, according to Gartner. This will help them manage the different requirements of “slow” (Mode 1) and “fast” (Mode 2) IT most...

African schools join global experiment

Apr 24, 2015

Oracle Academy and the Raspberry Pi Foundation have officially launched Oracle Raspberry Pi Weather Station for School, an ambitious project to join thousands of schools in Africa and around the world in a global science experiment.Participating schools will receive a...