Mobile malware: What is it, why should you care? (part 2)

[Justin Lee] In this article, the second in a series of four articles where we explore how the use of mobile devices by employees in businesses represents the convergence of personal and corporate needs, we will examine the behavioural patterns of mobile users, in order to truly understand the mobile risks associated. 22 May 2013 16:04

Reunert to curb costs as profits fall

Electronics group Reunert will continue to focus on "rigorous cost control and act with prudence" over the next six months‚ it said on Tuesday (21 May) when its results for the six months to March were released. 22 May 2013 10:56

MTN offers brand value for shareholders

MTN was ranked 79th in the annual Millward-Brown Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands survey released on Tuesday (21 May)‚ with its brand valued at US$11.4bn 22 May 2013 07:43

Competition intensifying for Vodacom

[Thabiso Mochiko] Vodacom aims to deliver low single digit service revenue growth and "mid to high single digit" growth in earnings before interest‚ tax‚ depreciation and amortisation in the next three years‚ the company said on Monday (20 May)‚ when releasing its annual results for the year to March. 21 May 2013 08:04

City of Joburg's broadband network to go live on 1 July

The City of Joburg Broadband Project will go live on 1 July, 2013, after a three-year build phase, which BWired will operate for 12 years. The completion of the fibre optic network covers all seven regions of the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) municipality and will deliver a live network that will immediately be able to offer key services to all municipal buildings connected to the network. 20 May 2013 15:26

ICASA review in the pipeline

[Amukelani Chauke] Cabinet has approved a proposal to review some of the Independent Communications Authority of SA's functions to make it more transparent and accountable. 17 May 2013 10:08

Licensing snafu highlights importance of legality

With ICASA's recent action against Broadlink and iBurst, the issue of illegal spectrum usage and licensing has once again come into the spotlight. 16 May 2013 10:33

Solidarity, Telkom head for CCMA

Trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday (14 May) that it had referred a dispute to the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after wage negotiations between trade unions and telecommunications company‚ Telkom‚ reached a stalemate. Trade unions rejected Telkom's final offer of a 1.5% increase. 15 May 2013 08:29

Changes to SA's immigration policy

[Wyndham Hartley] Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has promised sweeping changes to South Africa's immigration regime to make it easier for foreign businesses and investors to come to the country and to improve competitiveness in the global skills market. 13 May 2013 11:26

Icasa 'snatches' phone provider's kit

[Thabiso Mochiko] The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has shut down the operations of Eastern Cape-based Amatole Telecommunications Services by confiscating its equipment after it failed to pay its licence fees‚ Icasa said on Thursday (9 May). 10 May 2013 07:30

Future of urban furniture, bus shelters in Africa

[Craig Page-Lee] South Africa is definitely not lagging behind in understanding the value of bus shelters or other transport nodes as an advertising medium, but in most instances, the design and construction of these elements is rather rudimentary and unrefined and the use of these elements varies significantly from city to city or region to region. 9 May 2013 06:15

Cote D'Ivoire to evaluate MTN licence

MTN's shares was down as much as 2% on Tuesday (7 May) after Ivory Coast's government named it as one of five companies that risked losing their operating licences because of poor levels of service. 8 May 2013 10:17

ZA Central Registry launches awareness programme

Launched on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, the .africa Pioneer Programme aims to encourage a premier set of early adopters to lend their support to Africa's new space on the web. 8 May 2013 08:55

Basics of reseller hosting

[Charles Mburugu] Since every site needs to be hosted on a server, web hosting can be a very lucrative business venture. However, most people who would like to get into web hosting lack the time or money needed to set up and maintain their own server. Reseller hosting is the perfect solution for this problem. 5 May 2013 06:16