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ITWeb TV: Where will SA telcos see the next wave of growth?
16+ hour, 3+ min ago (246+ words) Faced with the challenge of identifying where the next round of growth will come from, SA's telecommunications sector finds itself at a pivotal juncture. The industry is also undergoing significant consolidation, marked both by acquisitions and by the increasing sharing…...
Why.AI domain names have become the digital identity of the AI era
17+ hour, 49+ min ago (426+ words) Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace, and businesses developing AI-powered products are increasingly looking for ways to signal innovation from the very first customer interaction. One of the simplest ways they're doing this is through their choice…...
ITWeb TV: The Future of Broadband in South Africa | Episode #148
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (151+ words) Fibre is being rolled out, satellites are overhead, and the traditional internet business model is quietly collapsing. In this ITWeb interview, Jacques du Toit of Vox unpacks where South Africa's next wave of connectivity growth is really coming from — and…...
Paratus Namibia again voted Namibia’s Most Reliable Internet Provider
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (432+ words) ITWeb - Paratus Namibia again voted Namibia’s Most Reliable Internet Provider Paratus Namibia has been named Namibia’s Most Reliable Internet Provider at the 2026 Best of Namibia Awards, retaining the title for the second consecutive year. The Best of Namibia Awards celebrate…...
TikTok tests AI-generated spam detection in SA
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (555+ words) This, as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny over the impact of AI-generated content and the growing need to help users distinguish authentic material from synthetic media. Announced at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, the latest measures…...
In search of the green zone
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (837+ words) Saadiyah Kwada, an attorney at the non-profit, Legal Resources Centre in Cape Town, was quoted by Reuters as saying that there seems to be “this rush to develop datacentres without people properly thinking through what the impact will be”. You…...
Affordable streaming drives eMedia's FAST expansion
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (21+ words) Rising streaming costs have prompted eMedia to expand into Africa's growing ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Openview Stream....
Amazon Leo enters SA through Herotel satellite deal
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (910+ words) Amazon Leo, the satellite broadband service formerly known as Project Kuiper, is set to make its African debut in South Africa, as Elon Musk's Starlink continues to face regulatory hurdles that have kept it out of the market. This follows…...
Hytera Introduces PDC580 Dual-Mode Rugged Radio to Support Seamless Communication Across Critical Operations
1+ week, 4+ day ago (38+ words) Hytera, a leading global provider of critical communications technologies and solutions, announced the launch of the PDC580 Dual-Mode Rugged Radio, developed for organizations that continue to rely on PMR while expanding broadband communications across increasingly distributed operations....
68% of Google searches now end without a click – how South African companies win back traffic with AI visibility
1+ week, 4+ day ago (902+ words) South Africans are starting to ask ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Grok, Claude and other AI models the questions they used to type into the Google search bar – and more and more, they get the answer without ever clicking through to…...