Author: Duncan McLeod

MTN South Africa showed “clear evidence” of a “successful turnaround” in the second half of 2014, the mobile operator said on Wednesday, despite the operation reporting a 3,9% decline in revenue and a sharp decline in operating margins. For the year

MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh has echoed remarks made by Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub earlier this week that there’s a need for mobile operators to cooperate to reduce costs and improve

MTN has disclosed for the first time how much it paid to acquire Afrihost, and it’s not quite as high as earlier reports suggested. The mobile operator said on Wednesday in its annual financial results that it shelled out R408m to acquire 50% (plus one share) of the Internet

Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has called on telecommunications operators to work more closely together to reduce costs in an environment where input costs continue to rise but where prices for telecoms services continue to decline. Joosub says one

Samsung made it clear at the launch of its two new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, on Sunday evening that it’s taking direct aim at Apple as it fights to make up ground

It’s Mobile World Congress time again, and that means most of the world’s smartphone manufacturers (notably barring Apple) are getting ready to wow audiences with their latest and greatest handsets

The announcement by President Jacob Zuma in his state of the nation address that Telkom will be the “lead agency” for the roll-out of broadband in underserviced parts of South Africa has ignited a political firestorm

If you’d invested R40 000 in the shares of Durban-based technology company Adapt IT five years ago, you’d be a millionaire today. Adapt IT’s shares have risen by a spectacular 2 400% in the past five years, making it the best performing technology counter on the JSE

When Nokia (now part of Microsoft) launched the Lumia 520 entry-level smartphone back in 2013, we said the company had a real winner on its hands. The 520, we said, was an “extremely capable device at a great price”. It seems the market agreed, with the

MultiChoice has announced annual price hikes for its various DStv bouquets. The top-end DStv Premium bouquet will rise by 5,1% to R699/month, from R665/month previously, with the “access” fee for personal video recorder owners rising by R5 to R80/month, an