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The halving of mobile phone termination rates will hurt MTN and Vodacom but benefit smaller operators, Moody’s said on Monday. Vodacom will be hardest hit because it had the biggest share of the South African mobile telecommunications market, with 47%, and the bulk of its cash flow came
The SABC looks set to be plunged into a fresh leadership crisis. TechCentral can reveal that the public broadcaster will announce later on Monday that its group CEO, Lulama Mokhobo, is stepping down just two years into her five-year term. A statement could be issued as early as lunchtime
President Jacob Zuma is concerned about incorrect billing by roads agency Sanral for e-tolls in Gauteng, SABC News reported. “We are often told electronic things don’t commit mistakes. I think it is unacceptable because it is causing an unnecessary problem,” he said in an interview
Limited trading has begun in Vodacom’s five-year-old, R7,5bn black economic empowerment scheme, YeboYethu, the mobile telecommunications operator said on Monday. Over 100 000 people have a stake in Vodacom South Africa through the scheme. Those shareholders
Smart identity cards, to replace the green, barcoded identity books would be rolled out to first-time applicants and pensioners from Saturday, the department of home affairs said. “The roll-out of the smart ID cards to all eligible South Africans will take a few years and the department
National treasury is moving ahead with plans to levy value-added tax on digital goods such as music downloads and digital books, with the controversial new rules set to come into effect on 1 April. Government this week published electronic services regulations for public comment. This follows
Times Media Group has acquired a controlling 60% stake in a KwaZulu-Natal based radio station called Vuma FM. The acquisition comes just a month after it snapped up 65% of Mpumalanga station Mpower FM. The deal is worth R25,6m and Times Media has agreed to provide additional working capital to Vuma
JSE-listed telecommunications operator MTN has named Michael Fleisher to the position of group chief legal counsel, effective 1 February. Described by the group as a “seasoned legal professional”, Fleisher’s appointment is likely to raise a few eyebrows. As Finweek points
T-Systems, a unit of German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom, has acquired 100% of South African enterprise information management business Intervate, which employs over 100 people in Gauteng and the Western Cape. The parties
MTN has taken issue with the final call termination regulations announced by telecommunications regulator Icasa on Wednesday, saying the proposed “asymmetry” that benefits smaller operators is “unsubstantiated”. Under the regulations, smaller operators
