Vodacom and Telkom will complete the work they need to do for their roaming agreement by the June deadline, Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said this week.
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Vodacom cut its full-year dividend to R7.95/share for the year ended 31 March 2019, a 2.5% decline from the R8.15/share it returned to shareholders in 2018.
Vodacom will acquire a 51% stake in South African Internet of things specialist IoT.nxt, the telecommunications group said on Monday.
Despite continued rapid growth in demand for data by customers, Vodacom South Africa eked out a meagre 3.9% increase in data revenue in the 2019 financial year as price cuts and lower out-of-bundle tariffs impacted the top line.
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MTN Group had 236.6 million subscribers on its books at the end of its financial first quarter, to 31 March 2019, up from 232.6 million at the end of December.
The turnaround at Altron is gathering steam, reporting a 50% improvement in full-year headline earnings per share from continuing operations.
A Nigerian court has thrown out an objection lodged by Nigeria’s attorney-general, paving the way for the substance of an MTN lawsuit against the AG to be argued next month.
A Nigerian court is expected to hand down judgment on Tuesday in the ongoing battle between the nation’s attorney-general and MTN, with the AG claiming the group owes $2-billion in unpaid duties and taxes.
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