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Datatec’s share price was trading almost 10% higher on Friday afternoon after the company disclosed significant looming corporate action involving major subsidiary Westcon-Comstor. The Johannesburg- and London

Vodacom said on Friday that it has achieved 4G/LTE speeds in excess of 240Mbit/s at a site in Pretoria. Using so-called 4G+ technology, the mobile operator said it has achieved the speeds at the Brooklyn Mall, where it has

Privately held ICT company Vox (formerly Vox Telecom) said on Wednesday that its shareholders have approved a R550m investment to invest in, among other things, broadband fibre-optic infrastructure. The investment will

Vodacom has announced new price plans across its Red and Smart contract tariff plans. The operator said the plans will “give customers more value with increased data and voice allocations”. Red plans are aimed at the

From Tuesday, 4 April, trademark owners will be able to secure .africa domain names matching their registered trademarks before the new generic top-level domain is opened to the public in July. ZA Central Registry CEO

Peter Moyo is stepping down as nonexecutive chairman of Vodacom after seven years on the telecommunications group’s board. He will retire and step down on 18 July, the date of Vodacom’s annual

From 1 April, it will cost residential consumers 5,3% more per month to lease a phone line from Telkom. Line rental will increase from R189 to R199/month on that date. Meanwhile, a residential telephone line installation rises by

Former MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia has been appointed as chief financial officer of Huge Group with immediate effect. Bulbulia, who joined Huge Group in January 2016 as a nonexecutive director, is also

Naspers-owned ShowMax and mobile operator Vodacom have partnered to offer “free” data for watching shows on the video-on-demand platform. Effective immediately, ShowMax is offering three months of data, adding