Author: Duncan McLeod

Telkom had 14 212 employees at the end of September 2015, down from 21 800 in March 2013. However, further reductions in head count, including through “residual outsourcing”, are

Independent cellular service provider Altech Autopage is likely to be closed down as soon as February next year, with its million or so subscribers sold to the network operators for about R1,5bn

MultiChoice has apologised for problems that have beset its popular Catch Up service in recent weeks and has said the broadcaster is making progress in resolving them. “We apologise

MTN’s share price slumped by more than 8% on Tuesday morning over fresh concerns among investors about whether the group, which is listed on the JSE, will have to pay the full amount of a

Telkom will have an agreement in place with a preferred video-on-demand (VOD) provider by early in the new year, according to group CEO Sipho Maseko. “We are making good progress,” he said

Excluding the impact of retrenchments, Telkom has reported a 13,9% improvement in headline earnings per share, handily outstripping muted net revenue growth of 1,2% in the six months ended 30 September 2015. Earnings before interest, tax

MTN will not have to pay a US$5,2bn fine to Nigerian authorities today, 16 November, which was previously the deadline set down by the Nigerian Communications Commission for payment of the record-setting penalty after the telecommunications operator

Vodacom’s latest numbers must be deeply worrying for its principal rival, MTN. While the latter is facing immense turmoil – a R75bn fine in Nigeria, the departure of its long-serving group CEO and

In this week’s episode of TalkCentral, your podcast hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about MTN’s troubles in Nigeria. Also on the show this week, we chat about Telkom’s due

When Vox Telecom CEO Jacques du Toit, an avid pilot, walks up to his Boeing Stearman, a 1942 biplane used by the US military for training and bombing missions, or up to his more modern, twin-engine Cessna 402, the world around him “switches off”, he says