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The Competition Tribunal has approved Telkom’s R2,7bn acquisition of IT services group Business Connexion, paving the way for the deal to be consummated, albeit with conditions attached. It’s a case of second time lucky for Telkom, whose previous attempt

An e-toll collection system testing phase has commenced on the N3 Toll Route between Durban and Gauteng. N3 Toll Concession marketing manager Andy Visser said that the testing phase will continue

Following on from the recent promotion of its 100GB “Fat Pipe” package, where it offered bandwidth at half price, Vox Telecom is now cutting the price of its 300GB product to the price of its 150GB plan. The company said on Tuesday that it is reducing

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has derided minister of transport Dipuo Peters’ report on statistics showing an increase in e-toll collections. According to Outa, Peters’ comparison of e-toll collections for May and June with the preceding

The Public Service Commission will conduct an inquiry into the management affairs of the department of telecommunications & postal services. This comes after telecoms minister Siyabonga Cwele approached the PSC for “assistance regarding the

After almost a full day of service disruption, Standard Bank late on Monday said it had finally resolved all technical issues that resulted in downtime on its website, in its smartphone and tablet applications, in branches and in its call centres. The bank has blamed

Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has described the move by telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele and the Public Service Commission to launch an independent probe into the problems besetting the troubled telecoms department

Standard Bank’s online banking services were offline on Monday morning, prompting frustrated customers to turn to social media to complain. “Internet banking is temporarily unavailable [and] we are working on restoring services urgently. Apologies