Author: Duncan McLeod

CliffCentral.com founder Gareth Cliff set out a robust defence of free speech in a presentation at the Free Market Foundation in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. It’s a wide-ranging and fascinating talk. Cliff

Blue Label Telecoms has denied its contract with Vodacom to distribute airtime is being cancelled, rubbishing widespread market speculation that the mobile operator has served notice to terminate

JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms and Cell C have reached an 11th-hour agreement that now appears to pave the way for a major restructuring of the debt-laden mobile operator

Cell C has hit back at its black economic empowerment partner CellSAf, which at the weekend threatened to take the mobile operator to court if it proceeds with a planned restructuring in terms of which

Telkom has launched a new cellular product family, called FreeMe Family, extending its market-shaking, data-led FreeMe plans launched in mid-2016. The new plans are meant to help families – and small

Cell C’s black economic empowerment shareholder, CellSAf, which currently holds 25% of South Africa’s third largest mobile operator, has warned it will head to court this week if a planned restructuring goes ahead, saying it’s

On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the big announcements expected at Mobile World Congress, including new smartphones from HTC, Huawei, Sony and, yes, Nokia. Also this week, DStv hikes its prices

SqwidNet, the newly established subsidiary of Dark Fibre Africa, is making quick progress with the deployment of its Internet of things network, already providing coverage to many parts of Gauteng. SqwidNet CEO Reshaad Sha

Dark Fibre Africa subsidiary SqwidNet is building a national Internet of things network in partnership with France’s Sigfox. The CEO of SqwidNet, Reshaad Sha, sat down with Duncan McLeod to

The board of Cell C has rejected overtures from rival Telkom to acquire the mobile operator and said it is “unable and not willing to pursue any discussion” with South Africa’s fixed-line incumbent. The move appears to pave the