Cell C appoints new chairman

Cell C has announced the appointment of Mohammed Hariri as a director and chairman of the Cell C board. Hariri takes over the position of chairman from Simon Duffy, who tendered his resignation from the board. Hariri is the chairman of the board of Oger Telecom, Cell...

CIOs intend to increase IT spending

Riverbed Technology reveals that 71% of CIOs expect to increase IT spending in 2013.  The findings are the result of an independent research project regarding IT spending priorities across numerous industries in Europe. The survey was commissioned by Riverbed and...

New telecoms firm launches in SA

A new next-generation telecommunications firm, Tele Enterprise, has launched in South Africa, aiming to meet the need for end-to-end telecommunications services from a single service provider. Tele-Enterprise designs, implements and operates fully integrated,...

New branding for Telkom Mobile

Telkom yesterday announced the launch of Telkom Mobile, a high-quality network offering great value to data-hungry consumers and those who make high volumes of voice calls. The new Telkom Mobile is based on an existing robust and growing network that will benefit from...

Microsoft opens up on bribery reports

Microsoft will co-operate with a probe into allegations of bribery, reported yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. John Frank, VP and deputy general counsel at Microsoft, has responded to the report that Microsoft business partners in three countries may have engaged...

Smartphones make most of the money

Smartphones last year accounted for a whopping 87% of handset industry revenue and a staggering 93% of gross profits, even though they only made up 46% of unit shipments compared to once-mighty feature phones, according to an IHS iSuppli Wireless Communications...