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iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) can afford to pay the money the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) claims it owes in unpaid spectrum licence fees. That’s the word from WBS CEO Thami Mtshali, who said the company is not under any sort
Cell C has again chopped mobile data prices, this time on a three-month promotional basis, cutting the cost of 500MB of monthly data to R39/month for contract customers. The move, the operator says, is meant to send a “clear message” to its customers and its competitors. “Cell C has always provided customers
First National Bank launched a cellphone-based instant money transfer service between South Africa and Zimbabwe on Tuesday. “We have done extensive research into the cross-border remittance market and devised a service that is readily accessible to the people who need it most,” said Yolande van Wyk, head of digital
iBurst parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) is by no means the biggest offender when it comes to unpaid spectrum licence fees, information in TechCentral’s possession shows. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is owed a total of R372m in unpaid spectrum fees from a variety
Telecommunications industry investor and former Dimension Data director Richard Came, who has played a leading role in building alternative fibre-optic infrastructure in South Africa in recent years, has bought a minority stake in last-mile fibre player Conduct Telecommunications. Came, who also has a shareholding
There’s more bad news for Telkom shareholders this week. The partially privatised JSE-listed telecommunications company warned on Monday that it expects its headline earnings per share to be at least 20% lower than the 324,7c it reported a year ago. Telkom is under
Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), which owns broadband company iBurst, owes the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) a “substantial” amount of money and its attitude towards settling its dues “palpably demonstrates a recalcitrant operator” that “refuses to meet its statutory
Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) on Sunday night took aim at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), accusing the regulatory agency of failing to return seized telecommunications equipment within a deadline specified by the high court. It has also accused Icasa of causing
Troubled IT company Gijima’s share price tumbled to as low as 7c on 2 April following an unexpected R123m loss as well as a proposed rights offer for a R150m cash injection. The loss is the most recent in a string of challenges faced by the company, which appeared to begin in 2010 with the cancellation of a R2,1bn contract with the home affairs department
Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) on Friday won an urgent high court interdict against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) in terms which the regulator must return equipment seized during raids it carried out on Wednesday on WBS facilities. Icasa seized
