Author: Duncan McLeod

Duncan McLeod is editor of TechCentral.

In the latest episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to a pioneer of the PC industry in South Africa, Mustek founder and CEO David Kan, about 30 years in business. Listen to to the podcast to hear

Broadlink and iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions is now called Rain. Its CEO, Duncan Simpson-Craib, sat down with TechCentral on Tuesday to talk about the name change. Also in the podcast, Simpson-Craib goes into

Telkom has revealed a plan to speed up its copper-based broadband digital subscriber line network to up to 100Mbit/s. The telecommunications group’s CEO, Sipho Maseko, said at its annual

Telkom said on Monday that the number of fixed lines in service has fallen by 8,2% over the past year, to less than 3m, its lowest level in at least two decades, though this was offset by a 9,8% improvement in revenue per fixed access line and a strong performance in mobile

Telkom’s data-led FreeMe tariff plans, launched in the middle of 2016, appear to have taken the market by storm, with the company reporting service revenue growth of 38,4% from its mobile business driven by an increase in the active subscriber base, which

Net1 UEPS Technologies has decided not to subscribe for shares in Blue Label Telecoms as part of a recapitalisation plan for Cell C, but will still pursue a planned direct acquisition of 15% of the mobile operator’s equity for R2bn

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to MTN South Africa chief technology and information officer Giovanni Chiarelli. It’s a fascinating discussion about the technological challenges of running a modern mobile network.

In South Africa, it may make more sense for mobile operators to discontinue their 3G networks, replacing them with 4G/LTE, while keeping legacy 2G infrastructure in place

MTN South Africa will hit a “spectrum ceiling” soon that could affect its ability to continue to expand services to consumers. That’s the warning from the mobile operator’s recently appointed