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.
Vox Telecom is acquiring Internet services company Frogfoot Networks as part of its plan to build its own fibre-optic network to serve business clients in South Africa. “The acquisition will see Vox Telecom fast-tracking its own fibre strategy by leveraging the
JSE-listed private education group Advtech has rejected an unsolicited offer from rival Curro to buy it, sending its share price plummeting. “Shareholders are advised that the board of Advtech has unanimously resolved that the proposal is not
Japan’s NEC and South African-headquartered technology group XON have reached a cross-shareholding investment deal that has resulted in NEC Europe acquiring 25% of XON Holdings. In
Naspers is leading a US$4m (about R50m) funding round in Bitcoin start-up BitX. The investment is being made through Naspers payments subsidiary PayU, with BitX’s existing investor, Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, also participating in the round
Telkom offers prepaid consumers more high-value plans than any other operator in South Africa, while Vodacom offers the fewest because of its relatively high prices, according to new research by telecommunications pricing firm Tarifica. Using an algorithm
In the latest episode of South Africa’s leading technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the appointment of Mteto Nyati as MTN South Africa’s new CEO. They also discuss the operator’s decision to embrace the
Carlos Rey-Moreno, senior researcher at the University of the Western Cape, is involved in a fascinating project to extend affordable connectivity – voice and data – to the remote and desperately poor
Communications regulator Icasa is meant to have nine full-time councillors. However, since the end of last month, it has had only three – Nomvuyiso Batyi, Rubben Mohlaloga and Katharina Pillay – raising questions about the ability of the agency to function
In what could prove be a significant development, MTN has now said it supports the concept of open-access networks for the deployment of fibre-to-the-home infrastructure in South Africa. It said it believes that an open-access business model
Telkom on Friday filed an application at the high court in Pretoria seeking to set aside Icasa’s recent decision to approve the transfer of Neotel’s licences to Vodacom because the communications regulator has failed to adequately take into account various considerations
