Vodacom has grown its number of fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) base stations to 200 in Johannesburg, from 70 when it launched commercial services last month, and has begun testing the technology in Cape Town. The
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A consortium of South African investors led by Convergence Partners, and comprising Altirah Telecoms and the Convergence Partners Foundation, has disposed of its 25,1% interest in the New Dawn satellite joint venture to Intelsat. The decision to
The national assembly’s communications committee has asked communications minister Dina Pule to look into her director-general’s performance agreement. The committee reached a consensus that Rosey Sekese “misled” the committee regarding the signing of her performance agreement
It was a morning of high tension for department of communications director-general Rosey Sekese, who was found to have misled parliament when she told the portfolio committee on communications at previous meetings that she had signed a performance agreement
Communications minister Dina Pule said on Tuesday that government’s first responsibility as a shareholder in Telkom is to ensure a board of directors is constituted and the company as stabilised. However, she warned that her role is to champion government programmes
Democratic Alliance MP and shadow communications minister Marian Shinn has filed a motion “without notice” asking that parliament debate the privatisation of Telkom “in the interests of rapidly installing high-speed communications infrastructure to benefit service delivery
Imagine you’re a retailer who wants to know the precise earnings potential of a new store in the Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg. Now imagine someone could tell you that you could expect to rake in R1,1m/day on average in sales. That level of accuracy sounds impossible
Two of SA’s big banks have committed themselves to developing mobile banking apps for Microsoft’s Windows Phone smartphone platform. It’s important for platform developers to attract local banks to their operating systems given demand from
Stability at board and management levels at Telkom was needed to turn the parastatal around as soon as possible, the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) said on Monday. “The PIC has noted the resignation of Telkom CEO
Mobile operator Cell C will launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology in Cape Town and Durban as well as other top coastal holiday resorts in December. This will be done on a trial basis ahead of a commercial launch, which