Galaxy S4 customers spoilt for choice

The newly-launched Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone is already available from most of South Africa’s networks.  Vodacom is offering the devices on a special deal at R429 per month on a Smart S plan that includes 75 Anytime minutes, 75Mb Mobile Internet and 150 Anytime...

Alcatel-Lucent signs up to maintain cables

Alcatel-Lucent has signed up to maintain two of the undersea cables connecting Africa to Europe.  It has signed a contract with the West Africa Cable System (WACS) consortium for the maintenance of more than 9 000km of the WACS system linking South Africa to Portugal....

Local Waytag app up for global award

The Waytag app for BlackBerry 10 smartphones is a finalist in this year’s BlackBerry Achievement Awards, in the Mobile Innovation of the Year category. Waytag is one of 15 apps from around the globe selected as finalists. Winners will be announced at BlackBerry...

New voice products from Telkom Mobile

Telkom Mobile has launched a new generation of premium voice contracts. The Telkom Mobile Smart and SmartSaver post-paid voice plans give customers access to unlimited calls to Telkom Mobile and 8ta numbers and, on some plans, unlimited access to free WiFi at Telkom...

Kaspersky calls for closer co-operation

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, is urging greater collaboration between the UK government and the private sector to address the very real and potentially devastating threat of cyber-warfare and the consequent risks posed to critical...

SA publisher debuts active education

MaraMedia Publishing, a South African organisation born out of a need for more comprehensive and innovative education solutions in local schools, has launched a range of Interactive Digital Manuals for Grades 7, 8 and 9 using Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite (DPS),...