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Update on Broadband Policy Workshop

The Ministry of Communications convened a workshop to report-back to stakeholders and experts who commented on the Broadband policy that…

October 28, 2013No CommentRead More

Manuel challenges Techies

Minister in the Presidency in charge of National Planning Commission, Trevor Manuel, issued a challenge to the IT community gathered…

October 28, 2013No CommentRead More

Telkom and ABSA collaborate on CSI initiative

A partnership between Telkom and ABSA has seen the delivery of two fully equipped mobile audio visual libraries to two…

October 28, 2013No CommentRead More

Telkom announces new Chief Information Officer

Telkom has announced the appointment of seasoned IT veteran Len de Villiers as Chief Information Officer effective as of 1…

October 22, 2013No CommentRead More

Smart ID offices open

Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni has appealed to South Africans to be patient, and wait for the announcements and invitations…

October 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Carrim appoints cyber security council

Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, has inaugurated the National Cyber Security Advisory Council (NCAC).…

October 16, 2013No CommentRead More

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Cloud age ushers in new opportunities for businesses

The rapid growth of cloud computing over the last few years has completely revolutionised how businesses operate in the African…

October 14, 2013No CommentRead More

World Bank and SAP Address Skills Development in Africa

SAP Africa and the World Bank have announced their intention to develop a framework for collaboration on skills development.…

October 9, 2013No CommentRead More

Telkom warns of fraudsters

Criminals are targeting unsuspecting Telkom customers with the aim of either defrauding them of cash or acquiring their personal details…

October 9, 2013No CommentRead More

Broadband

Update on Broadband Policy Workshop

October 28, 2013 / Quick read

Vodacom and Neotel officially announce negotiations

October 1, 2013 / Quick read

Broadband changes people’s lives: Carrim

September 5, 2013 / Quick read

Telkom launches Open Innovation Mega Challenge

September 3, 2013 / Quick read

Telkom must balance interests: Carrim

July 25, 2013 / Quick read

ICT enabler for women: Ndabeni

July 9, 2013 / Quick read

Telkom Kenya teams up with Eaton Towers

June 25, 2013 / Quick read

R15m for Gauteng broadband operations

March 7, 2013 / Quick read

Telkom to unveil high-speed broadband services

February 25, 2013 / Quick read

Progress on Broadband Infraco national network

February 7, 2013 / Quick read

Industry leaders to sit on ICT review panel

December 10, 2012 / Quick read

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Broadband changes people's lives: Carrim

The mobile revolution has brought many benefits of the modern ICT industry to billions of people, says Minister of Communications Yunus Carrim. Speaking at…

September 5, 2013No CommentRead More

ICT Policy Review Panel Enters the Second Ph…

The Department of Communications has hosted an Inter-Departmental Stakeholder Workshop on ICT in Pretoria as the second step in engaging South Africans as part…

August 27, 2013No CommentRead More

Gauteng Online gets set with e-learning solu…

More than 1.4 million learners in public schools in the Gauteng province are now said to have access to the cutting edge technology of…

August 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Committee slams School ICT infrastructure pr…

The Committee Chairperson in the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, Hope Malgas, say the progress in the implementation of Library and Information Services and…

August 21, 2013No CommentRead More

SASSA debit Mastercard reaches milestone

The South African Society Security Agency (SASSA) and MasterCard say there are 10 million active SASSA Debit MasterCard cards in South Africa following the…

August 21, 2013No CommentRead More

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Cell C to spend R200m on network upgrades

South Africa’s third biggest service provider Cell C says it will spend R200 million on upgrading its network around Johannesburg and Pretoria in…

October 1, 2013No CommentRead More

The Role of Design in Innovation

In the mobile, telephony and technological industry, we hear a lot about “innovation”. We are told that our products need to be innovative.…

September 13, 2013No CommentRead More

World’s slimmest smartphone launches in South Africa

Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has unveiled the HUAWEI Ascend P6, one of the world’s slimmest smartphones measuring…

August 19, 2013No CommentRead More

Tablets boost for rural teachers

The CSIR’s Meraka Institute, in conjunction with various government departments, has recently completed a pilot project training teachers in the Eastern Cape to…

July 22, 2013No CommentRead More

Mobile device malware a growing threat to smartphone users

Although security threats targeting PCs still out-number threats targeting mobile devices, smart phones and tablets have come under increasing attack in the past…

July 17, 2013No CommentRead More

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Carrim appoints cyber security council

Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, has inaugurated the National Cyber Security Advisory Council (NCAC).…

October 16, 2013No CommentRead More

Better bandwidth, bigger DDoS application level risk

On the flipside of the bandwidth boom in South Africa, there has been a significant increase in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at an application level in…

October 2, 2013No CommentRead More

More on Internet

Gauteng Online gets set with e-learning solution

Access Centre boost for rural area

SA internet use surge

Tablets boost for rural teachers

Bitcoin Up Roboter

Opinion View all

Manuel challenges Techies

Minister in the Presidency in charge of National Planning Commission, Trevor Manuel, issued a challenge to the IT community gathered at recently held GovTech…

October 28, 2013No CommentRead More

Cloud age ushers in new opportunities for businesses

Better bandwidth, bigger DDoS application level risk

Finding the ‘now’ in Big Data

New business: getting it right

Increase in SA public holiday online shopping spend predicted

The Role of Design in Innovation

Science & Technology View all

Telkom and ABSA collaborate on CSI initiative

A partnership between Telkom and ABSA has seen the delivery of two fully equipped mobile audio visual libraries to two schools in Soweto, Johannesburg.…

October 28, 2013No CommentRead More

Smart ID offices open

Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni has appealed to South Africans to be patient, and wait for the announcements and invitations before rushing out to apply for the new…

October 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Fortinet unveils world’s fastest data centre firewall appliance

New FortiGate-3700D is said to be the first to use latest FortiASIC Network Processor Technology to deliver breakthrough IPv4 to IPv6 firewall performance parity…

October 8, 2013No CommentRead More

CSIR develops World's first digital laser

Researchers at South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed the world's first digital laser. This innovation is regarded as a milestone in laser technology…

September 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Legit Trading robot rocks the cryptocurrency Market

Cryptocurrency trading is enhanced with the usage of legit trading app like Bitcoin Era… Check out https://kryptoszene.de/bitcoin-robot/bitcoin-era/ for more details.

September 15, 2013No CommentRead More

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