MTN demos video-on-demand offering

FrontRow’s capabilities on MTN’s new generation network were demonstrated at a media briefing held at the MTN head offices in Fairlands, Johannesburg. MTN has launched its subscription-based video-on-demand (VOD) service last year for the launch price of R179 or...

Sony introduces the Xperia E4g

Earlier this month, Sony Mobile Communications introduced the Xperia E4: the affordable, easy-to-use smartphone with great battery life – in a quality Sony design. Now, Sony unveils the exciting Xperia E4g smartphone, offering the same ease-of-use and powerful battery...

Spy Cables: what caused the leak?

It’s still unclear exactly how the so-called Spy Cables were leaked from South Africa’s State Security Agency, but it appears that centralisation of data sources, as well as poor process control, could have contributed to their exposure. Al Jazeera, which is...

Jo’burg to pay for innovative ideas

The City of Johannesburg has launched the #Hack.Jozi Challenge, calling on citizens to submit ideas that will turn Jozi into the city they want to live in. Explains Zolani Matebese, the head of broadband at the City of Johannesburg: “Your digital solution to a problem...

Businesses aim to combat cyber-attacks

Although the frequency of a cyber-security attack on a large scale is low, by 2018 40% of large organisations will have formal plans to address aggressive cyber-security business disruption attacks, up from 0% in 2015, according to Gartner. Business disruption attacks...

No quick fix to electricity crisis

While stakeholders scramble to “put out fires” and keep the lights on, the South African Alternative Energy Association (SAAEA) has warned that there can be no quick fix to South Africa’s power crisis. Speaking ahead of the Power-Gen Africa and...