Vodacom has opened a narrowband Internet of things laboratory at its campus in Midrand. The lab will be used to incubate and then commercialise machine-to-machine and IoT systems using narrowband networking, it said
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MultiChoice parent Naspers has disclosed that it has grown the number of pay-television subscribers on its books substantially in the past year, though pressure on prices in a weak economy, coupled with
Disgraced former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng wants to be president of South Africa. According to various media reports on Monday, Motsoeneng, who was dismissed from the
Public enterprises minister Lynne Brown has named four interim members to the board of embattled state-owned electricity company Eskom. The appointees are Banothile Makhubela, Sathie Gounden, Pulane Molokwane
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]iquid Telecom believes there is a big opportunity to exploit the spectrum assets held by Neotel, the company it acquired…
Liquid Telecom, which recently concluded the R6.5bn acquisition of Johannesburg-headquartered Neotel, is raising US$700m (about R9bn) in long-term debt as it eyes further investment in network infrastructure in South Africa
At the rate foreign investors are deserting South African stocks, the country’s main index should be in decline. It’s not, thanks largely to two shares that draw their strength from Hong Kong and Zurich. The JSE’s benchmark is up 0.6%
Cell C is seeking to cut its debt by 73% as part of a deal that will help South Africa’s third largest mobile phone operator sell a stake to Blue Label Telecoms while retaining its operating licence, according to two people
Xineoh, a technology start-up based in Bloemfontein, has just secured US$2m in venture capital funding, giving it a valuation of $10m, or more than R130m at the current exchange rate. The company, which specialises in artificial
Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick has resigned, capping a series of controversies that have rocked the world’s largest privately backed start-up. The company confirmed Kalanick’s departure from the top executive’s