Cell C needs data strategy to compete, say analysts 2008-04-15 06:00:01
Cell C, which publishes annual results today, needed to urgently develop a mobile data strategy if wanted to compete better against its cellular rivals in South Africa, analysts said yesterday.
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Profile: Yeigo spreads ownership to US firm 2008-04-10 06:00:01
Yeigo Communications, which last year launched a technology that offers voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services for cellphones, has sold a stake to US-based Quality One Wireless. The amount was not disclosed.
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Microsoft issues an ultimatum to Yahoo 2008-04-07 06:00:01
Yahoo had three weeks to accept Microsoft's $31 (R241) a share cash and stock offer or Microsoft might lower its bid and take its offer to Yahoo investors, Microsoft warned at the weekend.
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Minister locks horns with IT sector 2008-03-25 06:00:01
Software makers have slammed reports by the government that patents posed a considerable threat to the growth of the African software sector.
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Learn from bigger partners, IT start-ups urged 2008-03-20 06:00:01
Start-up information and communication technology (ICT) entrepreneurs need to forge partnerships with bigger companies rather than compete with them, according to Gill Sawers, the business incubation programme manager at the Innovation Hub.
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Big demand stresses MTN 2008-03-20 06:00:01
Africa's biggest cellphone network provider, MTN Group, has doubled this year's capital expenditure (capex) to R30 billion as the demand for its services outstrips supply.
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Keen rivalry for spots at Cape IT incubator 2008-03-13 06:00:01
Competition for spots at this year's information technology (IT) business development programme was so tough that the organisers had to turn away six entrepreneurs who applied.
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Demand drives growth in broadband market 2008-03-12 06:00:01
The local broadband market has grown in spite of regulatory hurdles, generating revenue of $195 million (about R1.5 billion at current rates) in 2006, according to a report by consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
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Neighbours turn to cable to tie up crime 2008-03-11 06:00:01
Residents of Parkmore, the affluent northern Johannesburg suburb, are planning to build a R13.5 million fibreoptic cable network that will dramatically cut telecoms costs and boost crime prevention in the area.
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Pearson stock lags profit 2008-02-26 06:00:01
Pearson is selling newspaper assets and moving into online courses, but these efforts are not bringing the 164-year-old publisher the valuation of Washington Post, whose shares cost 50 percent more.
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Shareholders fret while Yahoo's Yang holds Microsoft offer at bay 2008-02-26 06:00:01
Darren Bagwell, who helps manage $60 billion (R466.8 billion) at Thrivent Asset Management, is frustrated with Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang, the man he says is standing in the way of a payout from Microsoft.
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Microsoft bid holds the lead to win Yahoo 2008-02-20 06:00:01
Microsoft may succeed in fighting off rival suitors for Yahoo because they cannot offer as much to Yahoo's shareholders.
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Seacom to slash broadband costs 2008-02-20 06:00:01
Seacom's plan to offer broadband internet connections at about 0.1 percent of the price of current satellite services was a sustainable model that would result in genuine growth in the broadband market, analysts said yesterday.
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Toshiba officially out of the running 2008-02-19 11:00:01
Toshiba has announced its withdrawal from the high-definition DVD business, conceding defeat in a long-running format war with rival Sony.
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 Toshiba's surrender could mark end of DVD-format war
Toshiba sues firms over DVD patents
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Seacom rejects Nepad as partner 2008-02-19 06:00:01
Seacom, the private company that is developing a $600 million (R4.6 billion) undersea cable on the east coast of Africa, will not partner with a cable being developed by 12 African governments until it makes economic sense to its shareholders.
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Technology can reduce risks and increase returns 2008-02-19 06:00:01
Should investment analysts consider the role of technology in making investment decisions and include it in their professional practice book of knowledge?
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Diplomatic tiff looms in satellite row 2008-02-17 06:00:01
The department of science and technology is so fed up with Russia's refusal to launch South Africa's R26 million civilian satellite, Sumbandila, that it could turn to launch partners from India or China.
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Yahoo hopes News Corp will fend off Microsoft embrace 2008-02-15 06:00:01
Yahoo is reportedly exploring an alliance with Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate News Corporation in an effort to stave off or possibly to push up the cost of a Microsoft takeover.
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New Omnifone handset will allow free wireless downloads of music 2008-02-13 06:00:01
Apple may have thrown down the first gauntlet in the music-to-mobile sweepstakes with the iPhone, but the UK's Omnifone is responding with what it claims will be the first handset with unlimited free music downloads wherever you are - no computer necessary.
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Technology stocks take the biggest pounding in market rout 2008-02-12 06:00:01
Microsoft shares have not been as cheap since 1986, the year Bill Gates took the software maker public. Nokia is trading at its least expensive level since passing Motorola as the biggest cellphone maker in 1998.
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Ballmer takes gamble of a lifetime with Yahoo 2008-02-10 06:00:01
He poured an estimated $7.5 billion over two and a half years into an internet business that still trails Google in advertising sales by a seven-to-one margin. And he is not going to let a February 2007 rebuff by Yahoo's board keep him from buying the firm to catch up.
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Google means business with move on Microsoft 2008-02-07 12:54:01
Google is introducing an online business software package designed to make it easier for people in the same organisation to share documents and information.
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Bold move may fend off Google, analysts suggest
Google hiring binge dents profits
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Vodacom chases MTN's speedy data 2008-01-30 06:00:01
Vodacom is aggressively driving mobile-data connections with the latest move of offering a free upgraded high-speed internet service to existing subscribers for three months.
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IBM scoops contract with MTN 2008-01-29 06:00:01
MTN South Africa has outsourced its information systems division, which looks after its technology services, to US technology group IBM.
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Tata's Nano shows way past West's blind spot 2008-01-29 06:00:01
Global newspaper headlines on the Tata Nano have it all figured out. "It costs just $2 500 [R17 636]. It's cute as a bug. And it could mean global disaster," The Washington Post recently opined.
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Icasa may shut new free broadcaster 2008-01-28 06:00:01
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) warned on Friday that it could block Free2View's satellite signal, or take other action, if the UK-based free-to-air broadcaster continued operating without a licence.
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Solar power 'now viable' 2008-01-24 06:00:01
Developments in solar power technology made it an economically viable energy solution for South Africa, the University of Johannesburg said yesterday.
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Motorola's profit falls 84% as customers flee 2008-01-24 06:00:01
Motorola, the biggest US cellphone maker, posted an 84 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit after customers fled to Apple and Samsung Electronics.
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Musica spotlights new DVD market 2008-01-24 06:00:01
Musica expected to build on recent sales growth as it made DVD and games more available to the rising black middle class, the New Clicks-owned chain said yesterday.
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One-stop shop for network technology 2008-01-24 06:00:01
Technology firm Network Platforms has launched a new system that will offer technology services such as network or infrastructure management system, voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and internet-leased lines to provide a one-stop shop for small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
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Cities to snap up nifty camera 2008-01-24 06:00:01
It has been a month since EyeTrust, a Boksburg-based company, launched its automated number plate recognition system in Cape Town.
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Motorola's Razr 2 forecast to flop as iPhone sales surge 2008-01-23 06:00:01
Motorola may post disappointing sales of the Razr 2 cellphone after holiday shoppers flocked to Apple's iPhone.
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Managers off the hook in magazine sales audit at Media 24 2008-01-21 06:00:01
A report on the inflation of magazine copy sales at Media 24 by the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) did not single out individuals in the media company's senior management team, chief executive Hein Brand said on Friday.
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Datatec's confidence in $4bn revenue goal boots up share price 2008-01-16 06:00:01
Shares in computer services group Datatec rose 6.5 percent yesterday after the company said it expected to meet its revenue target of $4 billion (R27 billion) for the full year.
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Sector review: Icasa rejigs media landscape 2008-01-15 06:00:01
One of last year's biggest achievements by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) - to open up the pay television market by licensing new entrants - will soon be challenged.
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Celcom expands into east Africa 2008-01-14 06:00:01
Cellphone accessory company Celcom had finalised talks to buy a majority stake in a telecoms company in east Africa to tap into the high-growth markets there, the company said on Friday.
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Infosys racks up 25% growth in profit 2008-01-11 09:45:01
India's second-largest software company has once again surprised markets with a solid performance by bringing in better-than-expected third quarter profit.
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Outsourcing orders boost Infosys
New clients lift Infosys net profit 52%
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Apple to cut online prices for iTunes downloaded in UK 2008-01-10 06:00:01
Apple would scrap its restrictive online pricing policies across Europe for its iTunes music downloads, the EU said yesterday.
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Profile: MLT Tech takes on big rivals 2008-01-10 06:00:01
MLT Tech, a small information technology (IT) company, is intent on staking its claim in the lucrative tracking industry, currently dominated by Altech Netstar and Tracker.
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Icasa may face action from pay TV licence losers 2008-01-09 06:00:01
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) faces appeals from consortiums that failed to win pay TV licences. One of the companies is finalising court papers while two are evaluating their options.
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US market is getting tough for gadget makers 2008-01-08 06:00:01
Electronics makers considering the strain on the US economy are hoping consumers will cut other expenses first, but many see some worrying signs ahead.
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Latest TV offering: firms promise an end to tangled wires 2008-01-04 06:00:01
At least three wireless technologies for high-definition (HD) TVs will be displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which starts on Monday. Manufacturers promise that sets incorporating these technologies will be in stores before the next holiday season.
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Profile: Madamu Technologies aiming for stars 2007-12-13 06:00:01
Madamu Technologies, an information and communication technology (ICT) company, has come a long way in just three years.
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e.tv wants in on Icasa's must-carry pay TV plan 2007-12-12 06:00:01
Free-to-air television channel e.tv has called on the regulator to include it in any must-carry policy if it forces new pay television providers to air commercial station SABC3 on their platforms.
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R815m for IBM lab, training in Africa 2007-12-05 06:00:01
Global computer services company IBM plans to invest more than $120 million (R815 million) in Africa to build a laboratory as well as finance a programme to train graduates, as part of its strategy to benefit from the economic growth on the continent.
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UCS moves into US and Britain with $6m Aquitec buy 2007-11-28 06:00:01
UCS Group had agreed to buy the entire business of UK software firm Aquitec for $6 million (R41 million), the JSE-listed technology company said yesterday.
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Amazon to take on iPod with Kindle 2007-11-20 07:35:01
Amazon.com has introduced an electronic reading device as it seeks to duplicate Apple’s success with the iPod in the music industry.
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Vodacom to trim R7bn plans for fixed-line network 2007-11-20 06:00:01
Vodacom plans to scale back its R7 billion programme to build a fixed-line network, provided Telkom speeds up its network infrastructure upgrade.
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