Author: Duncan McLeod

Speculation is growing that Vodacom is poised to buy 49% of fibre-to-the-home provider Vumatel. Industry talk is that Dark Fibre Africa, in a deal possibly facilitated through its largest shareholder, Remgro

First National Bank said on Wednesday that it is introducing new functionality its smartphone banking app that will allow consumers to sign up for a bank account by taking a “selfie” in an entirely paperless process

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela returns to the show to discuss communications regulator Icasa’s inquiry into the pay-television industry and the future of the

MultiChoice South Africa will launch a streaming-only version of DStv, its CEO, Calvo Mawela, said in a podcast interview with TechCentral on Monday. Though the streaming product is unlikely to debut in 2018

MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela has hit out at the SABC’s call for it to pay to carry its public service channels on DStv, saying it will not do so if so-called “must-carry” regulations are amended or scrapped

Vodacom Group continued to perform strongly in the 2018 financial year, adding 4.5m customers in South Africa and 2.5m in its international operations, it said on Monday. The JSE-listed telecommunications group, which

In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about communications regulator Icasa’s hearings last week into pay-television in South Africa. What was said, and what is likely to

The troubled State IT Agency is winning the war on the crooks who have been defrauding government. That’s the word from the agency’s CEO, Setumo Mohapi, who held a press conference in Pretoria on Friday

Netflix and other so-called “over-the-top” Internet streaming services will fundamentally disrupt the pay-television industry and communications regulator Icasa is not paying enough attention to the developments

Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane, appointed to the portfolio by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February, has promised to announce plans soon to kick-start South Africa’s stalled and long-delayed digital