Soweto wireless wants content to stay local

The Soweto Wireless User Group (SOWUG), a registered non-profit organisation that provides free wireless to residents of Soweto, will go live this month partly thanks to Teraco. SOWUG forms part of a number of development projects facilitated by The Foundation for...

European Commission has Google in its sights

The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google, alleging the company has abused its dominant position in the markets for general Internet search services in the European Economic Area (EEA) by systematically favouring its own comparison shopping...

Now MTN ups its prices as well

MTN has become the latest cellular service provider to increase rates for its contract and data plans, and is reviewing its prepaid data bundle prices. In the last few years, MTN’s prices have been relatively stable despite the challenging economic environment and the...

Security firms help Interpol crack Simda

In a global operation co-ordinated by the Interpol Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore, a group of leading IT companies including Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft, Trend Micro and Japan’s Cyber Defense Institute, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, have...

BCX shows growth in changing market

Business Connexion has announced increased revenue for the six months ended 28 February 2015. Revenue grew by 16% to R3,556-billion compared to the prior period. This growth was underpinned by organic revenue growth of 15,1% resulting from new client wins. This trend...

Ericsson unveils broad security portfolio

Ericsson has debuted a range of security solutions aimed at making the networked society a safe place for individuals, businesses and societies to connect. Jonathan Olsson, security specialist, Group Function Technology at Ericsson, points out that connectivity is already revolutionising areas like medicine and education but that new security approaches need to be adopted.