Samsung, LGE, Sony dominate TV sales
Leading global TV brands, Samsung, LGE and Sony, gained market share and increased their year-over-year shares of LCD TV shipments by an average of 11% in 2014, which is 4% higher than the market average. According to IHS, the top three TV brands purchased more than...Roads agency gears up for strike action
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has been served with a notice to strike by the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU). The strike action began on Friday (27 February 2015). According to a statement issued by the JRA, the strike is the result of a dispute on...
Galaxy S6 shines at MWC
South African users will be among the first in the world to have access to Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones, with the devices set to go on sale here on 10 April – the same day as in the US and South Korea. Launching the new phones at Mobile World Congress last night, Samsung CEO JK Shin said the company had to go back to the drawing board to deliver products that are technologically advanced but easy to use and good to look at.
Whatever happened to Broadband Infraco?
Broadband Infraco appears to have vanished from government’s books, which could signal that it’s up for sale. Marian Shinn, shadow minister of telecommunications and postal services, has written to Minister Siyabonga Cwele asking for clarity on the fate of the state-owned company, which was recently transferred to his department from Public Enterprises but has now “vanished from the books of government”.