Author: Duncan McLeod

Duncan McLeod is editor of TechCentral.

Vodacom its still confident that its R7bn acquisition of Neotel will go ahead, despite a protracted investigation by the Competition Tribunal and allegations of impropriety by Neotel executives over

Smile Telecoms, the wireless broadband communications company founded by former MTN executive Irene Charnley, has raised US$365m (R5bn) in new debt and equity financing to expand its coverage in Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria and establish its first presence in the

Despite scepticism in some quarters that Telkom’s plan to deploy fibre broadband past a million homes in South Africa by March 2018 – just two-and-a-half years from now – is too ambitious, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has said he is confident the company will not only meet

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has vowed to fix his “dysfunctional” department after appointing the Public Service Commission to probe the infighting and other

Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has played down fears that South Africa is cosying up to China on cybersecurity and Internet governance. The Asian country’s government

Sipho Maseko is off the hook over charges that he drove a car with falsified number plates. Bloomberg reported on Friday that the state has dropped charges against the Telkom CEO after he appeared in a magistrate’s court in Johannesburg. It’s not clear why

Telkom has made available a list of the new suburbs that will get “uncapped” 4G/LTE broadband when the product offering is expanded from next week. The telecommunications operator said on Friday that it is expanding its “uncapped” wireless offering to 200 additional sites