Author: Duncan McLeod

Duncan McLeod is editor of TechCentral.

Banking giant Absa is at an advanced stage of planning to deploy free public Wi-Fi to all of its approximately 800 branches across South Africa. The bank will also work with parent Barclays to extend the network to its branches across the rest of Africa. The idea is to encourage

Mobile termination rates, the fees South Africa’s operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks, have to come down, but the scale of the drop and the level of “asymmetry” favouring smaller operators proposed by telecommunications regulator Icasa are too substantial

Cell C has filed a complaint at the Competition Commission, accusing larger rivals MTN and Vodacom of anticompetitive behaviour. “The crux of the complaint relates to the manner in which the dominant incumbents discriminate between their on-net and off-net effective prices, which has a dramatic

The Competition Commission has acknowledged receipt of a complaint laid by mobile operator Cell C against MTN and Vodacom in which it alleges that its two bigger rivals are engaging in anticompetitive behaviour. Cell C lodged the complaint with the

Telkom on Tuesday told shareholders that it expects its headline and basic earnings per share to be at least 20% higher in the six-month period ended 30 September 2013 compared to the same period a year ago. However, the telecommunications operator noted that the

Government is still reviewing its policy on access control for digital terrestrial television, the department of communications has told the Democratic Alliance in response questions the party submitted in parliament. This is despite an agreement between MultiChoice and the SABC that prohibits the public broadcaster from

Diversified industrial and technology group Altron has reported a 4% improvement in headline earnings per share (HEPS) in the six months ended 31 August 2013, rising from 79c a year ago to 82c in the latest reporting period. This was on the back of an 8% increase in revenue from continuing operations

The share prices of MTN and Vodacom fell sharply on Monday, while Telkom climbed by nearly 5%, after telecommunications regulator Icasa publish draft regulations for inter-network call rates that strongly disfavour the two bigger operators. At lunchtime, Vodacom was

Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has cautiously welcomed the proposed cuts in wholesale call termination rates, announced by telecommunications regulator Icasa on Friday, saying that although he’d have “wished for a better outcome for Cell C”, the cuts will lead to a “more competitive and balanced” market

So, Vodacom is in exclusive talks to buy Neotel. There’s no surprise there – that Neotel is for sale is one of the telecommunications industry’s worst-kept secrets. But if the deal goes ahead, which is far from certain, it could spark further, arguably much-needed consolidation in the sector