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Unsurprisingly, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison top the list of the richest people in technology, but did you know that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is in third place after a recent surge in the value of the online retailer’s
Capitec came out tops for its social media performance among South Africa’s banks, according to the 2014/2015 Ubiquity Social Intelligence Report released on Wednesday. Capitec was also the only bank to receive a net positive opinion on social media
MTN is prepared to open its mobile network on a wholesale basis to competitors, but can only consider doing so once government has issued it with additional radio frequency spectrum. MTN South
Afrihost is in talks with alternative providers of wholesale data because MTN is not prepared to continue providing data to the Internet service provider, which it bought in 2014, at below cost. “Let me
The terms that the Competition Tribunal has imposed on Telkom and Business Connexion (BCX) over their impending merger are not an “undue burden” and the parties were happy to accept them
The high-capacity Africa Coast to Europe (Ace) undersea cable will be extended to South Africa, with construction set to begin in the first quarter of 2016. This is the word from MTN Group CEO Sifiso
Neotel director and shareholder Kennedy Memani will provide “interim executive oversight as the director in charge” following the decision last week to place CEO Sunil Joshi and chief financial officer Steven Whiley on “special leave” pending an investigation into
Strike action and a decline in handset sales contributed to a 1,4% decline in reported revenue to R18,9bn at MTN…
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
Pakamile Pongwana, the CEO of communications regulator Icasa, has lamented the “indecision” by both it and the government on “critical issues”, especially when it comes to the management and
