Author: Duncan McLeod

Neotel CEO Sunil Joshi and chief financial officer Steven Whiley have been placed on “special leave” pending an investigation into alleged bribery and corruption at the telecommunications operator

Telkom’s share price has leapt by almost 8% to R61,48 after it provided a positive quarterly update for the three months ended 30 June 2015. The quarter is the first of Telkom’s financial year, which ends in March. It said that in the three months

Nearly 2 400 employees’ applications for voluntary severance packages have been accepted by telecommunications operator Telkom, a trade union said on Thursday. According to Solidarity

Independent telecommunications provider SkyWire Technologies, which traditionally has focused on the wholesale and business markets, is making its first foray into consumer broadband

Telecommunications player Huge Group is considering as many as three acquisitions, with one of them potentially worth as much as US$100m (more than R1,2bn), as it seeks to play a leading role in the consolidation of the industry in South Africa. The company has

Sam Vilakazi has become the third deputy director-general at the department of telecommunications & postal services to leave this year, spokesman Siya Qoza confirmed on Thursday. Qoza said Vilakazi has resigned to take up a senior position at a state-owned

Curro Holdings has walked away from an attempt to acquire rival Advtech, Curro said on Wednesday, sending Advtech’s share price down by more than 3%. It said the offer it made to buy Advtech at R13/share no longer made sense in the face of stiff

The City of Tshwane, working with non-profit Project Isizwe, has increased the maximum speeds on its free Wi-Fi network to 15Mbit/s, the parties said on Wednesday. To date, the average speed for users has been 7Mbit/s, they said. “The network

The department of telecommunications & postal services (DTPS) wants corporate sponsors to help it pay for events meant to schmooze journalists and improve its public image, The Star reported on Wednesday. The newspaper said the department

JSE-listed global technology distribution and services group Datatec, through its Logicalis subsidiary, is acquiring US-based Advanced Technology Integration Group for up to US$42m (about R525m) from a company called MCPc