Broadband as a basic commodity

In line with the broader vision of the National Development Plan (NDP), the 2020 Vision for broadband is that all South Africans will have access to broadband services at 2,5% or less of the population’s average monthly income. Is this a merely another fantasy or is...

SA must address the right to affordable data

Approximately 90% of the 6,4-million South Africans that access the Internet in South Africa do so solely from their mobile phones, according to the latest statistics from World Wide Worx. In light of this, the theme of this year’s World Consumer Rights Day – “the...

Move to protect trademarks online

The Trademark Clearinghouse, which came into effect on 26 March 2013, could significantly benefit trade mark owners by granting them preferential rights to domain names and alerting trademark owners to any third party applications to register the same trade mark. ...

Eish Digital secures African rights for Yudu

UK-based digital publishing support company, Yudu, has entered into an exclusive rights agreement with Johannesburg-based Eish Digital to service the growing African market. Yudu, a multi-platform publishing solution with legs around the world, is one of the world’s...