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The government’s decision in August to retain two Telkom directors who small institutional investors wanted removed and vote off four independent investors has led to speculation that the purge of the board was driven by a long-term plan for the company
Private credit card and banking details have been leaked during a breach at a company which processes online transactions, the Payments Association of SA (Pasa) said on Friday. Pasa CEO Walter Volker said there was no need for “undue concern” by card holders
It’s not all bad news at TopTV. The company has revealed that its new prepaid offering is proving successful, with the financially troubled pay-TV operator activating more than 500 prepaid vouchers a day in recent weeks. To date, TopTV says it has
A unit of Logicalis, a subsidiary of Johannesburg- and London-listed technology group Datatec, has bought the Colombian and Ecuadorian operations of Cibercall for cash. The value of the deal, which is being done by
There is growing mystery surrounding telecommunications regulator Icasa’s plan to begin cracking open Telkom’s copper access network into homes and businesses to the fixed-line operator’s competitors. TechCentral has learnt that there
After a stint at Telkom, former Samsung Electronics SA MD Deon Liebenberg has resigned from the telecommunications operator. He will join Vodacom on 1 February, a spokesman for the mobile operator has confirmed. Liebenberg, who joined
The e-tag system will be rolled out at toll plazas in provinces other than Gauteng, roads agency Sanral said on Wednesday. “We want to use this technology at the very toll system that we [presently] have. There is a roll-out programme within the existing programme,” said Sanral
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
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
