Vodacom spent almost R4.8-billion on expanding and improving its network in South Africa in the six months to 30 September 2018, an 18.2% jump from the same period a year ago.
Author: Duncan McLeod
Amazon Web Services plans to invest more than R365-million in developing 100% black-owned small ICT businesses in South Africa as part of an “equity equivalence” programme.
Vodacom Group eked out a 1.2% improvement in normalised operating profit for the six months ended 30 September 2019 on the back of 2.5% growth in both normalised revenue and service revenue.
Google has launched its free public Wi-Fi hotspot programme, known as Google Station, in South Africa, the US-headquartered Internet company said at an event in Johannesburg on Thursday.
The newly appointed board of 4Sight Holdings said it expects the suspension of its shares from trading will take place when it publishes its delayed interim results on 30 November.
The pay-television operator said on Thursday that it has bucked weak economic conditions and expects to report a big leap in profit for the six months to 30 September 2019.
Telkom on Tuesday warned shareholders that headline earnings per share for the six months ended 30 September 2019 will fall by as much as 40%.
Though it has slipped by three points in the past year – from 75 to 72 – South Africa has a “free” Internet, according to a new report by Freedom House, a Washington-based pro-democracy group.
One hundred and sixteen megahertz of bandwidth looks set to be pivotal for South Africa’s successful initial roll-out of next-generation, super-fast mobile 5G networks.
Icasa has set out five options for licensing so-called high-demand spectrum in South Africa, which will allow mobile operators to roll out both 4G and 5G infrastructure.