Mobile Operators & Internet Tech

MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa, latest speed tests reveal

MyBroadband Insights is back with its Q3 2019 mobile network quality report, shedding light on the best and worst networks in South Africa. This…

Colourful Opera 54 adds Bitcoin, TRON support to its crypto wallet

Opera 54, the new latest version of the company’s Android browser, is available today bringing with it support for more cryptocurrencies and colourful themes….

MTN switches on its eSIM technology support in South Africa

MTN on Tuesday announced that its eSIM technology support is now live for post-paid customers in South Africa. The technology, which uses an embedded…

Opera 64 blocks website trackers, brings enhanced web page saves

Opera 64 now blocks web trackers as you travel across the internet, and includes more useful ways to save web pages and websites. The…

Telkom debuts its Social Bundles for social media users on a budget

SMS bundles are slowly becoming less relevant, and thankfully networks are well aware of this. Speaking of which, Telkom on Tuesday announced it will…

Opera Mini browser adds offline file sharing using WiFi Direct

If you happen to use Opera Mini as your main smartphone browser, you can now also use it as a file transfer service. The…

Vodacom’s ditching its old customer care, airtime balance numbers

Vodacom’s customer care, prepaid recharge and airtime balance check numbers have just become a little bit harder to remember. The telecoms network will be…

Watch out for the latest OTP scam plaguing MTN’s network

If excessive spam calls weren’t enough, South Africans will now need need to guard against a new MTN scam plaguing the network. Using OTPs,…

[Update] Vodacom users ‘can’t make calls’ in Johannesburg due to network issue

Update: The issue that affected a large number of Vodacom users across Johannesburg has been resolved, the company tweeted. We have resolved the issue…

This movie is free to torrent on The Pirate Bay, thanks to its creators

Torrenting, in the case of Hollywood, is the thing that shall not be named. It’s the downfall of the movie industry, and killer of…

MTN is the fastest mobile network in South Africa, report reveals

In South Africa, there’s much debate surrounding which of the four mobile networks is fastest, let alone which is the most cost effective to…

MTN, Ericsson’s new 5G network trial hits 20Gbps speeds

It took a while for South Africa to embrace the speed that 4G LTE offers, but the latest generation of the mobile technology is…

This is how global internet speeds changed in 2017

You may not feel it if you’re still using ADSL over century-old copper lines in South Africa, but global internet speeds over both fixed…

These are MTN’s Black Friday data deals for 2017

There are so many deals hitting consumers on Black Friday, that it’s hard to keep track. (Sidenote: Gearburn’s doing an excellent job in this…

MTN data services down across South Africa

MTN’s data services are down for scores of users across South Africa’s major cities after an “unsuccessful” network upgrade. “MTN undertook an upgrade on…

RCS: introducing the successor to SMS

It’s been in the pipeline for a few years now, but RCS (Rich Communication Services) is slowly making its way around the world, being…

Konnect Africa debuts SmartWiFi satellite broadband hotspot service

Satellite broadband provider Konnect Africa has today announced its new hotspot service dubbed SmartWiFi. The announcement was made by the Eutelsat-owned company at AfricaCom…

Vodacom’s NB-IoT network is now live in Gauteng

Vodacom’s first commercially available Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network is now live in Gauteng. This announcement is the latest in a string of IoT plays made…

MTN debuts ‘WOW’ voice bundles

Dropping data prices is oh so trendy for mobile operators right now, but what about voice packages? MTN has announced its new “WOW” voice…

Afrihost Mobile Data review: an answer to #DataMustFall?

Data prices is an issue bubbling beneath the surface of South African politics and culture. As more South Africans use social media and other…

Afrihost adds budget option to Fixed Wireless LTE-A lineup

South African ISP Afrihost has announced a budget option to its Fixed Wireless offering, running on the Rain Network backbone. “Afrihost is going all-in…

Vodacom’s IoT division now connects ‘three million things’ in South Africa

Hot on the heels of MTN Business’s Internet of Things (IoT) network announcement, Vodacom revealed that its IoT division is now connecting more than…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel