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What to expect from Mobile World Congress 2018

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Mobile World Congress, the wireless industry’s biggest conference, begins next week in Barcelona, where more than 100 000 people are set to see the latest smartphones, artificial intelligence devices and autonomous

Blue Label powers higher on robust results

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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 reports 55% rise in Heps

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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

Nigeria moves to shore up telecoms sector

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Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator said tougher financial health checks on the country’s biggest mobile phone companies could prevent a repeat of last year’s collapse of debt-laden Etisalat and help stabilise

Smartphone sales decline for first time ever

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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

DStv cuts the price of Showmax

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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

MTN seeks up to R5.2bn from planned Ghana listing

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MTN Group’s Ghanaian unit appointed local brokerage IC Securities Ghana as its main sponsor for an upcoming initial public offering in the West African nation, according to five people familiar with the matter. Africa’s biggest