Spam, malware goes mobile in a big way

In the first quarter of 2014 spammers started imitating messages from mobile applications. They especially like the popular mobile messengers WhatsApp, Viber and Google Hangouts: notifications purportedly sent from these applications were used to spread both malware...

Altron overcomes challenges, records growth

Allied Electronics Corporation (Altron) has announced its annual results for the year ended 28 February 2014. Revenue increased by 12% to a record high R27,8-billion, normalised earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased 20% to...

Altron TMT shows solid growth

Following the release of Altron’s year end results for the year ended 28 February 2014, Craig Venter, group executive of Altron TMT and CEO of Altech, says he is pleased with the solid performance of both Altech and Bytes under the Altron TMT banner. “Both Altech and...

BlackBerry opens up to MDM vendors

BlackBerry will enable mobile device management (MDM) companies to directly manage devices with the BlackBerry 10 operating system. AirWatch, Citrix and IBM have expressed their intent to be the first companies to work with BlackBerry to enable a more open mobility...
Cell C’s new price offensive

Cell C’s new price offensive

Cell C has fired a new salvo in the mobile rates price war, slashing its per minute rate to an unprecedented 66 cents for its pre-paid customers. The announcement has just been made at a press conference currently underway at the company’s headquarters in Woodmead...

DiData boosts MSVC with Teliris buy

Looking to expand its managed services for visual communications (MSVC) operations, Dimension Data has acquired 100% of Teliris, a privately-owned cloud video managed services business with offices in London, Connecticut and New York, for an undisclosed sum. The...