Author: Duncan McLeod

In this episode of the podcast, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk returns to the show, this time with Naspers Ventures CEO Larry Illg, to talk about the group’s global technology investments and strategies.

Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos on Friday said communications regulator Icasa needs to make bolder decisions in its call termination regulations to assist smaller operators take on Vodacom and MTN.

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has severely criticised communications regulator Icasa over proposed new call termination rates, saying they could lead to a jobs bloodbath at the company.

Cabinet has approved an amended version of the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, taking South Africa closer to the allocation of radio frequency spectrum to mobile operators.

Communications regulator Icasa on Thursday signalled it again intends cutting call termination rates – the prices operators may charge each other to carry calls between their networks.

Seacom, which operates an undersea cable that connects Africa to Europe and Asia, is not commenting on speculation that it is in talks to buy South African fibre provider FibreCo Telecommunications.

Internet Solutions may be feeling the pressure from Teraco’s NAPAfrica. The Dimension Data-owned Internet service provider said on Thursday that it plans to become “more open and actively engaged in peering”.

Listed IT distributor Mustek said on Thursday that it expects headline earnings per share to be as much as a third higher in the year to 30 June 2018. The share price rose.

As Blue Label’s share price on Wednesday fell to the same level as its debut price on the JSE 11 years ago, the company’s management team has moved to assure the market that its acquisition of 45% of Cell C was not only well thought through but will deliver the expected returns.

A day after falling 8% on the back of interim results published by Cell C, Blue Label Telecoms shares again took a battering on Wednesday after the group published full-year results.