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MTN could outsource management of its retail stores and field staff, with an industry insider suggesting a deal with Brightstar is on the cards. The industry insider said telecommunications multinational Brightstar is busy headhunting a

The sale of iBurst and Broadlink parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) to a company backed by top former bankers Michael Jordaan and Paul Harris is proceeding, subject to regulatory approvals, after the conclusion

Western Cape premier Helen Zille on Friday accused President Jacob Zuma of “shielding Telkom from open competition” in naming the company as the “lead agency” to roll out broadband in underserviced parts

Fibre broadband provider Vumatel has announced plans to expand its nascent fibre-to-the-home network to more Johannesburg suburbs. The company said on Friday that residents of Killarney and Riviera, suburbs

Eskom will implement rolling blackouts on Saturday, it said. “Eskom will implement stage 2 load shedding from 8am on Saturday, 21 February 2015 [and] this is likely to continue until 10pm in the evening

MTN said on Thursday that it expects that its headline earnings per share (Heps) for the full-year ended 31 December 2014 rose by between 5% and 15%. The mobile operator, which owns networks in 22 countries in the Africa and the Middle East