Samsung damages to Apple halved

The more than $1-billion award that Samsung was last year ordered to pay to Apple for patent infringement has been almost halved on appeal. On Friday, a federal judge cut about $450-million from the award. District Judge Lucy Koh decided that the jury award of...

Telkom Mobile, 8ta brands segmented

Telkom has announced to its employees that elements of the market, which had been serviced and marketed to under the 8ta brand, will soon be served under the Telkom Mobile brand. 8ta will not be discontinued, but will be repositioned into specific market segments....

Cricket SA launches Mxit app

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has launched its first mobile-only community, lovecricket, on mobile social network Mxit.  The app gives fans match details, player profiles, match scores, news, polls and an opportunity to have their say. “The success of our Facebook and...

The real cost of infrastructure theft

On the last day of January this year, two trains collided outside of Pretoria, the administrative heart of South Africa. Two people were fatally injured, 19 critically and about 300 – many of whom school children – suffered minor injuries. Passenger Rail...

New deals for Vodacom subscribers

Vodacom will be launching new smart plans that include unlimited voice calls, unlimited SMSes, more data and a range of new value added services. The new offer will be available to contract customers on 7 March 2013. These new smart plans will introduce customers to a...