Communications regulator Icasa has decided to approve Vodacom’s R7bn acquisition of Neotel, but has attached conditions to the deal. That’s the word from Icasa spokesman Paseka Maleka, who declined on Monday to say what the conditions are that
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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.
Vodacom’s top executives have taken an effective pay cut in the 2015 financial year thanks to reductions in short-term incentives, the telecommunications group’s annual report, published at the weekend, shows. In the year ended 31
Sipho Maseko is one brave CEO. The Telkom boss is about to take on powerful trade unions in a move to restructure the telecommunications operator’s business so that it can compete effectively in
In the latest episode of South Africa’s top technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the jobs bloodbath and restructuring looming at Telkom and why it’s unfortunately all necessary. Also this week
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Project Isizwe, the nonprofit behind the roll-out of free Wi-Fi in greater Pretoria, has revealed plans to offer users free on-network phone calls and free streaming movies, including the latest
Standard Bank is developing a banking application for the Apple Watch, the financial services institution said on Thursday. The app is being tested with “pilot users” and will be available to the
The LG G3 and the G2 before it were two of our favourite smartphone models of recent years. In those phones LG, the smaller Korean rival to consumer electronics behemoth Samsung, produced
Telkom on Wednesday launched its “uncapped” 4G/LTE fixed-wireless broadband service, offering “unlimited” broadband Internet access for prices starting at R599/month. An online sale on the Telkom website is offering the packages to customers
Telkom on Tuesday evening confirmed union fears that a jobs bloodbath is on the cards at the telecommunications operator. Telkom said is expects to reduce its headcount by 4 400 people