JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, through its subsidiary The Prepaid Company, has announced it will acquire 45% of Cell C for R5,5bn. It had previously said it intended buying 35% of the mobile operator for R4bn as part
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Duncan McLeod is founder and managing editor of TechCentral. With more than 30 years of experience in technology journalism, he has worked for and contributed to a range of publications, including the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times.
Government’s plans for shaking up the management of radio frequency spectrum in South Africa could backfire badly, crimping investment and harming consumers. It’s a risk that’s too big to take. The department of
A plan to recover spectrum already allocated to mobile operators and a ban on the trading of frequencies in popular spectrum bands are among the policies contained in government’s new ICT policy white paper that are likely to raise the hackles of
Overcoming the legacy of apartheid was one of the key considerations behind government’s decision to abandon global best practice in licensing spectrum to operators and to develop a model where
Government plans to enforce network neutrality on South African telecommunications operators and service providers to “ensure that all lawful and legal Internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has unveiled a radical shake-up in the way South Africa’s ICT sector is managed, including a controversial change to the
Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg gather around the mic to discuss the week’s biggest local and international tech news. In the latest episode of TalkCentral, we chat about Siyabonga Cwele vs communications
Communications minister Siyabonga Cwele has secured an urgent court interdict preventing communications regulator Icasa from going ahead with its plan to license radio frequency spectrum for 4G/LTE broadband
Cabinet has approved the long-delayed national integrated ICT policy white paper, minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. TechCentral reported on Tuesday that cabinet was set to discuss the white paper
Clive Butkow, a former management consultant who spent 28 years at Accenture (formerly Arthur Andersen), is building a new, R100m fund for high-potential South African start-up technology businesses