Former MTN group chief commercial officer Christian de Faria has been appointed as the new CEO of Bharti Airtel in Africa. De Faria “retired” from MTN in January after six years with the telecommunications group. According to a report in India’s
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Tired of racking up huge international roaming costs for data? A local company, execMobile, has come up with a possible solution, though it’s still not exactly cheap. ExecMobile is offering business travellers an uncapped mobile data solution that they can use in 110 countries worldwide. Although it costs
The bulk of identify fraud happens because of physical documents that have been stolen or otherwise compromised, but South African companies and government entities continue to focus most of their attention on protecting electronic rather than paper-based information
JSE-listed Imperial Holdings has bought mobile technology start-up ForeFront Africa in a bid to enter the mobile telecommunications space. The company will form part of Imperial’s recently launched Resolve brand, whose name will change to Resolve Mobile
After an absence of several years, Ster-Kinekor is set to reintroduce IMAX threatres in South Africa, the cinema chain operator’s CEO Fiaz Mahomed revealed on Wednesday. The company has already begun construction of an IMAX theatre at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping north of Durban
Telkom has issued a challenge to South African organisations and individuals, including universities and start-ups, to help it develop “innovations” that help stimulate broadband penetration and social development. It wants research institutions, universities, nonprofit organisations
Technology distributor Mustek has hiked its full-year dividend by 18%, from 17c/share to 20c/share, on the back of a strong improvement in cash from operations. Revenue from continuing operations rose by 16,3% to R4,1bn. Cash from operations rose by 226% to R145,5m due to inventory
Ellies’ triple-play offering of television, broadband and voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony will be available in about a month’s time and consumers will be able to choose the components they want. The company’s CEO, Wayne Samson, says the newly created Ellies Connect subsidiary
Satellite hardware and installations specialist, the JSE-listed Ellies Holdings, has launched a new subsidiary, Ellies Connect, to provide consumers with hardware and a triple-play offering of telephony, broadband and television in one package. Ellies has partnered with satellite broadband
Former minister Roy Padayachie burnt through more than R370 000 of taxpayers’ money on rental cars in a four-month period, public service & administration minister Lindiwe Sisulu said in parliament on Monday. Sisulu was responding to a question from Democratic Alliance MP Patricia