MTN adds subscribers, data grows

MTN has increased its subscribers by 6,5%, to 201,5-million, during the six months ended 30 June. Reported revenue for the six months increased 9,8%, despite being negatively impacted by the tariff cuts in both Nigeria and South Africa. MTN Nigeria continued to show...

Parliament adopts African energy plan

Members of Parliament from the Portfolio Committee on Energy and their counterparts from the Pan African Parliament have developed an action plan on how legislators can play a role in ensuring that as many Africans as possible have access to affordable and sustainable...

Consumer security opportunities in BYOD

Consumer adoption and willingness to pay for antivirus software on mobile devices is low, according to Gartner. Gartner believes that high consumer use of personal mobile devices for work purposes means security providers have an opportunity to assist enterprise bring...

Office for Android available in SA

Microsoft’s Office for Android is available on the Google Play store in South Africa from today. The app is available at no extra charge for Office 365 subscribers, who can now use and share all of their Office documents on a variety of smartphone platforms: Windows...

Telkom adds free IP Connect capacity

Telkom will provide 5% additional IP Connect capacity to all existing IP Connect wholesale customers at no additional cost, with effect from 1 October 2013. The South African fixed broadband market is currently experiencing exponential growth in data usage and Telkom...

Yahsat extends African availability

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has strengthened the availability of its affordable, high-speed Internet service YahClick in Angola, through a new partnership with Global Telesat, the country’s established satellite telecoms provider. Experts in...