Author: Staff Reporter

Seacom said on Tuesday that it is adding eight new points of presence across Africa, including at the continent’s first Microsoft Azure data centres, in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Smartphone unit sales slumped by 7% year on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to new data from market researcher GfK.

MTN Nigeria said it has “not been accused of any wrongdoing” after reports emerged at the weekend that it’s being investigated by the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Vodacom, MTN and Cell C have all shown a decline in customer satisfaction scores in the past year, though MTN and Cell C lag their bigger rival, according to new research.

South African identity management platform provider Intergreatme has raised R27-million, R3-million more than its original target, in a crowdfunding effort.

MTN South Africa has buckled under consumer pressure and will no longer implement its plan to introduce a “universal” 1MB out-of-bundle rate, from consumers would have to opt out.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has debuted a preview version of what it calls the world’s first foldable PC.

JSE-listed telecommunications company Huge Group has acquired a shareholding in Pansmart, an authorised distributor of Panasonic voice, video and CCTV products in South Africa.

Cell C and the government of the Free State have signed an agreement to roll out public-access Wi-Fi across the central South African province.

MTN South Africa on Tuesday warned of a new scam promising users an easy-to-remember phone number in exchange for payment, which is then stolen.