MT rates help Switch lower costs

From 1 October 2014, clients of telecoms operator Switch Telecom will pay 26% less to call any mobile number in South Africa, regardless of the time of day. The operator’s local and national call rates remains unchanged as clients already pay a whopping 45% less...

MTN Business, City Lodge Hotel Group partner

MTN Business has signed a deal with the City Lodge Hotel Group to be the group’s connectivity and telecommunications support. This will significantly improve ICT services at the group’s 51 existing hotels in South Africa and one in Botswana, and future hotels that the...

Globalstar expands satellite services

Globalstar has announced that, in partnership with Broadband Botswana Internet (BBI), construction has commenced on a Globalstar gateway in Gaborone, Botswana. This gateway will provide Globalstar’s full line of Simplex services, including its SPOT line of...

Kaspersky demystifies Shellshock

Shortly after the disclosure of the “Bash” bug called “Shellshock”, Kaspersky Lab indicated that it saw first attempts by criminals to take advantage of this widespread vulnerability also known as CVE-2014-6271. The critical vulnerability in...