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More people banking on their cellphones than on their PCs
The number of people banking from their cellphones has exceeded that of people banking from their PCs in South Africa, with more than a quarter of bank customers turning to their cellphones for services ranging from informational transaction types such Read More →
Mobility 2009 reveals South Africa's cellular gap
FNB and Blackberry back 2009 study The South African cellular market reached a milestone of 50-milion connections at the end of 2008 – but only 68% of these represented individual users. This is the first key finding from preliminary research Read More → New undersea cable part of 100-fold bandwidth increase
The announcement today of a formal agreement for the construction of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) by all South Africa’s major telecommunications operators sets the scene for total international bandwidth capacity coming into Africa growing more than a hundredfold Read More →
Democratic Alliance leads elections race in Internet performance
An in-depth analysis of the Internet strategy of the main political parties in South Afrca’s 2009 general elections reveals that the Democratic Alliance has a substantial lead in online performance over its rivals. The African National Congress comes in a Read More →
Internet access to double in next 5 years
JOHANNESBURG, 24 March 2009:- South Africa’s Internet population is expected to grow as much in the next five years as it has in the 15 years since the Internet became commercially available in South Africa. This is among the startling Read More →
Internet turnaround has begun in SA
In the past year, the Internet user base in South Africa has seen its highest rate of growth since 2001, increasing by 12.5% to 4,5-million. This is the key finding of the Internet Access in South Africa 2008 study, released Read More →
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