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Convergence Partners, the technology investment vehicle controlled by Dimension Data Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba, wants to work with partners to build a multibillion-rand national wholesale mobile broadband network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology. TechCentral has learnt exclusively that Convergence Partners

MultiChoice flexed its legal muscle this week to keep the National Consumer ­Commission at bay, using a technicality in an attempt to squash the commission’s case against it. The pay-TV broadcaster was before the Consumer Tribunal this week because the commission believes that its subscriber contract violates the

The Intelsat New Dawn satellite, partly funded by SA’s Convergence Partners, has had a troubled birth. Launched on Good Friday last year, the satellite ran into serious problems when its “west antenna reflector” failed to deploy. Engineers have been unable to correct the problem. A number of attempts were

Telecommunications operator iBurst is in play and a deal could be announced within the next few weeks, according to several well-placed industry sources. TechCentral has not been able to establish which company is courting iBurst, which is owned by Wireless Business Solutions Holdings (WBS), but it’s

Satellite service provider Intelsat, together with content management and delivery company GlobeCast, are launching a new media platform on the Intelsat New Dawn satellite, the companies said on Thursday. The media platform will use New Dawn’s Ku-band satellite system. The satellite is a joint venture

Telkom has no immediate plans to cut the cost of calls to mobile phones, despite a sharp fall in the rate mobile operators are permitted to charge the fixed-line operator to terminate calls originating on its network on 1 March. Mobile termination rates were cut from

With the cut in termination rates on Thursday, Neotel and MTN Business were first out of the blocks with retail tariff reductions. Termination rates are the wholesale rates operators charge each other to field calls over their networks. As of Thursday, the rate for calls to and between mobile networks falls from

Fast-growing JSE-listed IT group EOH expects earnings for the six months to end-January 2012 to be as much as 35% higher than the same period a year ago, it told shareholders on Thursday. The group, led by CEO Asher Bohbot, pictured, says it expects earnings per share and headline earnings per share to be

Cell C is shaking up its approach to marketing and advertising. Comedian Trevor Noah, who had become synonymous with the brand, is out. In is a more “experiential and testimonial-style” approach to capturing market share. Cell C, which has just over 10% of the mobile market in SA, has released a new

Apple’s market value exceeded the half-a-trillion-dollar mark for the first time in after-hours trading in New York on Tuesday, just 40 days after it breached the $400bn level. Apple is now by far the most valuable listed US company, with a market value at Tuesday’s close a full $87bn ahead of the next largest