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Communications minister Dina Pule said on Tuesday that government’s first responsibility as a shareholder in Telkom is to ensure a board of directors is constituted and the company as stabilised. However, she warned that her role is to champion government programmes
Democratic Alliance MP and shadow communications minister Marian Shinn has filed a motion “without notice” asking that parliament debate the privatisation of Telkom “in the interests of rapidly installing high-speed communications infrastructure to benefit service delivery
Mobile operator Cell C will launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology in Cape Town and Durban as well as other top coastal holiday resorts in December. This will be done on a trial basis ahead of a commercial launch, which
UCS Solutions, a 70%-held subsidiary of JSE-listed technology services company Business Connexion, has acquired IT management specialist Integr8 IT, part of the Integ8 Group, for a maximum purchase price of R126m. The deal
Telkom must be fully privatised to prevent the company from being plunged into a crisis, the DA said on Monday. “Should government persist in its naive and dangerous management of Telkom we may well soon see the company come cap-in-hand to parliament
Investors sold off Telkom shares on Monday following the resignation of group CEO Nombulelo Moholi. The share price was almost 3% lower at R17,69 in late morning trade on the JSE, after briefly changing hands at as low as R17,51. Telkom
Telkom CEO Nombulelo Moholi has resigned, becoming the latest in a long string of leaders of the telecommunications group to step down in recent years. Moholi, who is credited with building a strong management team around her and leading a project to upgrade
Free-to-air television broadcaster e.tv has taken exception to a proposal by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to take away a big chunk of radio frequency spectrum currently reserved for broadcasters and to reassign it for wireless broadband. The spectrum
TopTV owner On Digital Media, the first and only company to launch a commercial alternative to incumbent pay-TV operator MultiChoice’s DStv, is in serious financial difficulty. The company’s management team has decided to seek a “business rescue” under section 129 of the new Companies Act. This
If there was any doubt that government meddling is an impediment to Telkom’s sustainability and a drag on SA’s competitiveness, it should be removed by communications minister Dina Pule’s downright irresponsible behaviour at the AGM in Midrand last
