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Telkom in need for speed
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Flame malware constitutes a 'cyber weapon'[Duncan McLeod] Kaspersky Lab argues there is an urgent need for an international convention to control the use of cyber weapons. | |
Wasace super cable: more details emerge[Duncan McLeod] The company behind the planned 40Tbit/s Wasace cable [David Ross Group] says the African leg of the submarine system will be ready for service in early 2014. And it's coming to SA. | |
Digital TV set-top box draft spec unpacked[Duncan McLeod] After years of rigorous debate, the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) has finally issued the final draft minimum standard for the set-top box decoders that will be used to receive digital terrestrial television signals in SA. The draft spec outlines a basic receiver that does not include a return path for interactivity. | |
SA's giant new sub-sea cable is here[Duncan McLeod] The 14 000km West African Cable System (WACS), the first new sub-sea telecommunications cable along Africa's west coast since Sat-3 was launched 11 years ago, will be launched officially in about a month's time. | |
TopTV shelves HD plans
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Only half of TopTV buyers still subscribe
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One year to get it right, says MXit boss[Duncan McLeod] Stellenbosch-based social networking company MXit has a one-year window of opportunity to improve and expand its products and services if it's going to fend off an onslaught of rival services like instant-messaging application WhatsApp, says its new CEO, Alan Knott-Craig. | |
Sentech loses high court battle
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Cell C's Camerer to take marketing reins at MultiChoice[Duncan McLeod] Simon Camerer, the man who "appointed" comedian Trevor Noah as Cell C's CEO ("chief experience officer") and who led the makeover of the cellular operator's brand, is set to take the top sales and marketing job at DStv operator MultiChoice on 1 February 2012. |
