2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (724+ words) MTN is aiming for one-third of the lucrative market for home fixed internet services in South Africa in a further bid to boost sluggish growth in the telecom giant's domestic market. "The big drive is to own the household. Connect…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (534+ words) A data centre is, at its simplest, a building filled with technological equipment designed to store, process and distribute data. It is the physical backbone of the digital economy. Every e-mail you send, every video you stream, every transaction you…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (496+ words) MTN has upped the ante in a bid to win market share in the lucrative video streaming market, offering a product that will cost as little as R30 a month. Known as MTN One TV, the service will initially be available…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (455+ words) A few months after the shut down of Africa's largest video on demand platform, MTN has launched a new streaming service, One TV, as part of a push to expand its presence in online media, starting in South Africa and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (668+ words) South Africans share a modern frustration. Picture this: in the middle of something important, your phone rings. It is not someone you know. It is a voice, sometimes recorded, advertising a product you never asked for. You hang up. Tomorrow…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (696+ words) Vodacom and MTN have signalled a positive shift in their South African operations. This comes as the two giants continue to feel the effects of consumers under pressure looking for value, a factor that has weighed on their prepaid businesses....

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (402+ words) London" A plan by US-listed Equinix to build two data centres in Cape Town should not be approved without full disclosure of its water, power and environmental impact, a formal objection lodged with city planners and seen by Reuters showed....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (624+ words) The rapid growth and investment in data centre infrastructure is not an area of business that real estate investment trusts (Reits) can participate in as a typical commercial landlord. Redefine COO Leon Kok told Business Day that as data centre…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (232+ words) The role of surveillance and AI in monitoring and securing data centres is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight. Host Mudiwa Gavaza chats to Marcel Bruyns, sales manager for Africa at Axis Communications. Axis is a network…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (696+ words) A South African telecoms company founded and led by a woman is working to expand connectivity in underserved areas while breaking into the male-dominated sector. CEO and founder Thabile Makhoba said the idea for the business arose during the Covid…...