MTN drops OBB data rates

MTN South Africa CEO, Godfrey Motsa by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – MTN has slashed its out of bundle (OOB) data rate by up to 75 percent for prepaid customers. The mobile operator will also be doubling selected prepaid voice and data bundles for the next two months. Prepaid customers currently not making use of data bundles will pay just More...

French firm enlisted to halt SA cyber crooks
Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association of South Africa by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – THE Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (WASPA) has enlisted the services More...

Thousands to throng ANC manifesto launch
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) with former president Jacob Zuma by NJABULO MKHIZE in Durban DURBAN – MORE than 85,000 African National Congress (ANC) followers are expected to throng Moses More...

Technology’s potential to drive SA tourism sector
Visitors in Cape Town, South Africa by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – A TECHNOLOGY executive has encouraged South Africa to invest in new technologies to make the most of vast opportunities in the tourism More...

Lack of security strategies hampering cloud implementations
Cyber security by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – BUSINESSES must put in place cyber-security strategy amid an escalation of hackers and perpetrators of ransomware attacks. This is according to an industry executive More...

Xenophobia: Locals could revolt against SA government
African Diaspora Forum (ADF) members protest against violent xenophobia in South Africa JOHANNESBURG – THE recent murder of two Congolese refugee brothers has cast the spotlight back into the recurrent xenophobic More...

Liquid Telecom sets 4G network in South Africa
Liquid Telecom CEO South Africa, Reshaad Sha by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – LIQUID Telecom South Africa will establish a multi-billion rand fourth generation broadband cellular network technology (4G) network More...

5G adoption set to soar in 2020
5G in Africa by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – THE adoption of fifth generation (5G) of cellular mobile communications is intensifying, with 66 percent of organisations having plans to deploy the technology More...

Cyber crooks eye jackpot in festive shopping
Festive shopping by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – WHILE a majority of people in South Africa are aware of financial cyberthreats, more than half have had their financial credentials fall into the wrong More...

Diaspora Zimbabweans urged to rebuild economy
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on as he gives a media conference at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe. picture by Philimon Bulawayo, Reuters by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – SOME More...