South Africa may need far fewer government-subsidised set-top boxes for its digital terrestrial television migration project than originally planned, according to Aldred Dreyer, who heads the project management office.
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Mobile industry association the GSMA has warned that high spectrum licence fees are choking economic growth in developing countries.
Liquid Telecom has appointed Ahmad Mokhles as group chief operating officer, a new position within the pan-African telecommunications group.
Cryptocurrencies extended their rebound on Wednesday as bitcoin traded above $7 500 for the first time in a month, shrugging off security and regulatory concerns that have plagued the digital currency.
Entrepreneur Thabo Molefe – better known as Tbo Touch – will launch a video-on-demand streaming platform later this year called THD. The platform will showcase original South African – and African
Netflix stunned Wall Street by attracting fewer subscribers than expected last quarter, renewing concerns that the video-streaming service has become an investment bubble. The shares plunged as much as 15%.
MTN Group has sold 100% of its subsidiary in Cyprus for R4.1-billion. The Johannesburg-listed emerging-markets telecommunications group said on Monday before markets opened that it had sold the business
Bitcoin is headed for its biggest increase in two weeks on Monday amid a steady drip of news reports suggesting some of the biggest names in investing are starting to embrace digital currencies.
Just three months after introducing a low-cost, 1GB WhatsApp data bundle costing only R10, MTN South Africa has hiked the price – for many users, at least – by 200%. Introduced in April, MTN said the price increase had
MTN Group workers in South Africa are set to go on strike after a breakdown in wage talks with a key labour group. The Communications Workers Union sent MTN an intention to strike and 120 protesters gathered