Author: Duncan McLeod

Exclusive | Rob Godlonton, a former top executive at EOH Holdings, is spearheading the development of a new IT services business in the JSE-listed Reunert stable.

The share price of Adapt IT jumped by more than 18% in intraday trading on Monday following Huge Group’s unexpected decision on Friday to dramatically up its offer to buy the JSE-listed software services group.

Huge Group, it seems, doesn’t give up without a fight. The telecommunications specialist has dramatically increased its all-share offer for Adapt IT.

Openview, the free-to-air satellite platform in the eMedia Holdings stable, has increased the number of activations of its set-top boxes by more than 18% in the past year.

Mr Price Group reported a 64.1% increase in full-year online sales, with the same figure from its core apparel and sports brands more than doubling in the same period.

Communications regulator Icasa on Thursday decided to extend the emergency allocation of temporary spectrum under the Covid-19 state of disaster regulations until the end of August.

The SABC’s fight with Sentech over tariffs is going from a skirmish to a full-blown public confrontation. The stakes couldn’t be higher – for both sides.

In this podcast, TechCentral speaks to Calvin Collett, MD at Internet service provider Supersonic, about the company’s new Air Fibre uncapped broadband product launched earlier this month.

Telkom is open to reaching an out-of-court settlement with communications regulator Icasa over the spectrum auction, though little progress has been made in any talks.

The number of copper fixed lines in service at Telkom has plunged yet again. At the end of March, the company had fewer than 1.3 million customers using copper, down 20% from 1.6 million a year ago.