Author: Staff Reporter

MTN has lost a complaint against rival Vodacom at the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) over the latter’s claim in newspaper advertisements that it has the best network. The ads, which appeared on

President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his cabinet late on Monday evening. He appointed Nomvula Mokonyane as the new minister of communications, replacing Mmamokolo Kubayi-Ngubane. The ministry of

MTN has emerged as Africa’s most valuable telecommunications brand, according to a new research report by brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance. The MTN brand is worth US$3.3bn, up 9% from

Sony has joined Samsung in debuting new high-end smartphones using Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 processor. The new phones, with rounded styling, mark a big (and arguably long overdue) change in the

The private healthcare industry is gearing up for a coding structure change that is to come into effect from 1 March 2018, whereby the existing coding conventions for anything from medicines to wheelchairs and surgical

Blue Label Telecoms’ share price soared 15% on Thursday after reporting a strong set of interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2017. Adjusted core headline earnings per share – stripping out the effects of

Mustek has hiked headline earnings per share by 55.5% in the six months to 31 December 2017, though revenue climbed by only 1.5% to R2.6bn. The slower revenue growth was due to a decision to reduce supply of

Global sales of smartphones to end users declined for the first time ever in the fourth quarter of 2017, analyst firm Gartner said on Thursday. Chinese handset manufacturers Huawei and Xiaomi were the only vendors

MultiChoice has cut the price of the Showmax video-on-demand service by half for DStv Compact Plus and Compact customers by half, the broadcaster said on Thursday. This comes after the company decided last year to

Former Dimension Data CEO Brett Dawson has joined the board of Ubusha Technology, a company that offers cybersecurity, identity governance and access management solutions. Dawson