Author: Gugu Lourie
South Africa’s retailer Mr Price has come a long way since launching its mobile virtual network operator, which runs on a Cell C’s network since 2014. Three years later, thousands of customers are buying its cellular products and has diversified into financial services. Its services are becoming an alternative to your traditional mobile phone companies, such as Vodacom, MTN, and Cell C, etc. They are also an alternative to traditional banks, such FNB, ABSA, Standard Bank, Nedbank and Capitec. However, MR Price is only known for its affordable and quality clothes. You may wish to know the amounts of money…
by Staff Writer South Africa’s Metacom, an industrial and commercial communications operator, has opened its first European office in Belgium. The company said in a statement that Metacom Europe would be providing highly specialised and integrated networking solutions to vertical industries in Europe and Africa. Currently, Metacom has products operational in 22 countries around the world so establishing a physical presence in the European market allows the company to provide more focused customer service while continuing with its plans for expansion. The company’s long-term strategy has always been to build a strong foundation in Europe that delivers specialised applications on…
By Staff Writer HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has proudly announced a classic reimagined – the Nokia 3310. It speaks for itself. It speaks for itself. The Nokia 3310 will be available in South Africa from the 29th of May 2017 from Cell C. The Nokia 3310 will be available in Dark Blue, with a matte finish and will retail at estimated price of R749.00. The Nokia 3310 will come in three distinctive colours from MTN – Warm Red and Yellow, both with a gloss finish, and Dark Blue with a matte finish and will retail at estimated…
By Staff Writer Increasingly empowered customers and business users, external services, new methodologies, automation, and cognitive technologies will result in a significantly smaller, faster and more specialised tech organisation says Forrester. New research by Forrester says the size, shape, and mandate of tech organisations will fundamentally shift over the next five to seven years. The result of this seismic shift will result in automated functions, increased role specialisation, and a shift in focus from internal capabilities to external services. “There have been many ‘this will end IT as we know it’ events. The PC, client server, the web, and outsourcing…
JSE-listed tech firm Jasco announced on Thursday that it is planning to buy 51% of Reflex Solutions for R39.8 million to enhance its enterprise business. The group said the acquisition of Reflex Solutions would ensure its enterprise offering in the blue-chip corporate market is now further enhanced by being able to supply IT WAN (wide area network) / LAN (local area network), desktop and server managed services, hosted IT Infrastructure, cloud unified communications and contact centre solutions. The deal would also enable the company to gain access to the lucrative growth market of Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) solutions. Reflex was established in…
MiX attracted 55, 800 new subscribers in the year to end-March 2017, the global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) said on Thursday. The group subscription revenue was R321.7 million, reflecting a 4.8% increase in the year under review versus R307.1 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The JSE-listed group’s revenue rose 1.9% to R391 million, while hardware other revenue dropped by 9.4% at R69.7 million. Operating profit was R40.9 million versus R45.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. In the year, the group added more than 55,800 new subscribers bringing…
MTN, South Africa’s second-biggest mobile phone operator, is trying to distance itself from a fake Twitter account that was getting a lot of attention. MTN fell victim to an imposter that added a barely noticeable underscore to @MTNza and then started insulting MTN subscribers. MTN said on Wednesday that it has noted a parody social media account that masquerades as an official MTN twitter account. “The reported response from this account to an MTN customer, which MTN regards as insensitive was not sanctioned by MTN. We urge our customers to disregard this Twitter handle as it is not an official…
Several industries are adopting digital technologies to survive in the digital world, but one industry has lagged in that adaptation and that’s the small medium enterprise (SMEs) market in South Africa. The South African SME market is not harnessing technology to grow their small business and is ignoring the benefits of using technology to become digital entrepreneurs. However, digital technology is becoming increasingly less expensive and most platforms offer a no-cost or free solutions to enable your business to flourish. “When you simplify how you understand your business, you simplify how your customers see the value you offer,” Lindile Xoko,…
The winner of the FNB Business Innovation Awards will be announced on the 8th June 2017. The overall winner will get an opportunity to present their business ideas at the prestigious International Selection Panel (ISP) in New York later this year. ISP brings together high-impact entrepreneurs to present their business value-propositions to world-leading business personalities for a chance to be part of an exclusive global network. The ISP is the final step of Endeavor’s rigorous multi-step Selection Process. The FNB Business Innovation Awards are aimed at businesses that are able to demonstrate real innovation that has the potential to change the…
By Mike Whitfield, MD at Nissan South Africa Autonomous driving technology is developing at a rapid pace. Business Insider publication’s research platform has forecast that there will be around 10 million cars with various self-driving features on the road in the UK by 2020. But the closer we get to our ultimate goal of completely driverless cars, the more critical it becomes for manufacturers to ensure it’s safe for us to place these vehicles on the road. It’s no secret that autonomous driving technology has the ability to change lives and to save them. Not only is this technology expected…