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Vumatel has reached an agreement to acquire fellow fibre-to-the-home provider Fibrehoods, potentially kick-starting a long-expected consolidation of the industry, in which it is estimated there are more than two dozen players

Hello, Moto! The Motorola smartphone brand has made a return to South Africa with the launch by Lenovo of the Moto Z in South Africa. The new device looks set to stand out from a crowded market

Former secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Hamadoun Touré, has been appointed as a nonexecutive director of Telkom with immediate effect. Telkom made the

Oakbay Investments and Gupta family patriarch Ajay Gupta have expressed “delight” with the affidavit filed by finance minister Pravin Gordhan and said the court case will provide an opportunity for the family to clear its name. In a statement issued by Gupta family

Nazeem Howa stepped down as CEO of Oakbay Investments, a Johannesburg-based holding company owned by the Gupta family, on Monday citing health reasons. The announcement came four days after finance minister Pravin

Technology “accelerator” Sw7 has announced plans to open an “innovation hub” and co-working space in Johannesburg. The @Sw7 Workspace will be the first such space to open in the north of the city, according to its backers. @Sw7 Workspace will offer

Cell C is “very definitively” offering the best deals for consumers looking to get their hands on Apple’s new iPhone 7. Tariffic, a company that helps retail consumers and businesses save money on their cellphone bills, has

Altron’s share price leapt higher on Friday on news that the long-troubled JSE-listed technology and industrial group is set to report a swing to profitability in the six months to end-August 2016. Headline earnings per share for total

Afrihost said on Tuesday that it is entering the fibre-to-the-home market using the infrastructure deployed by Vumatel, Telkom’s Openserve and TT Connect, a fibre provider on Johannesburg’s East Rand. Now, the company has