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Duncan McLeod
Duncan McLeod is founder and managing editor of TechCentral. With more than 30 years of experience in technology journalism, he has worked for and contributed to a range of publications, including the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times.
Reunert’s ICT segment has helped the JSE-listed group report a strong performance for the year to September 2021.
Blue Label Telecoms said it is still locked in talks over a planned recapitalisation of the debt-laden mobile operator.
The regulator is suspending expedited plans, at least temporarily, for licensing a wholesale open-access network.
Following a “lengthy competitive process”, MTN Group will sell a big chunk of its South African tower portfolio to IHS Towers in a R6.4-billion deal.
South African fintech Ozow has raised $48-million in a series-B funding round led by China’s Tencent Holdings.
JSE-listed Woolworths Holdings said almost 15% of its turnover came from online channels in its most recent reporting period.
Vodacom Group will spin off its South African tower portfolio into a separate business and may seek partners for the newly created entity.
Vodacom’s capital expenditure in South Africa jumped by 11.1% year on year, pushing spending on its network to R5.6-billion from R5-billion a year ago.
Telkom, Vodacom and MTN have withdrawn their legal action against the communications regulator over the planned withdrawal of temporarily assigned spectrum at the end of this month.