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Brian Dames is Eskom’s new CEO, with effect from 1 July. The Eskom veteran is taking control of the power…
A new website has been launched to make it easier for soccer fans to exchange tickets and, as a result,…
Data centre operator Teraco Data Environments will host two of the five points of presence state-owned telecommunications operator Broadband Infraco…
Avusa-owned cinema chain Nu Metro plans to bring the 2010 soccer World Cup to South Africans in 3D. The company announced in newspaper advertisements on Sunday that it would offer 18 games in 3D between this Friday, 18 June, and the final on 11 July. It will be the only opportunity for South Africans to see the
Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) has fired a broadside at SA’s three mobile operators, promising cheaper mobile calls for…
MTN has made it clear that it believes growth in Nigeria’s telecommunications market is far from over. The SA-based group’s largest subsidiary, MTN Nigeria, has raised more than R16bn to fund the expansion of its network in the populous West African nation. MTN on Wednesday told shareholders that it has recei
Telecommunications operators and service providers wanting to bid for scarce radio frequency spectrum that can be used to build next-generation wireless broadband networks have been given more time to prepare. The deadline to respond to an invitation to apply (ITA) to participate in a spectrum auction has been moved back by more than a mon
MTN has formally ended talks with Weather Investments, the parent of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, dealing another blow to the SA-based cellphone group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko. The termination of the talks with Orascom’s parent brings to the three the number of high profile but failed potential deals that Nhleko has tried unsuccessfully to pull off in the past tw
Telkom rival Neotel reported a net loss of nearly R1,6bn in the 2010 financial year, according to information accompanying Tata Communications’ annual results. It’s the first time that India’s Tata Communications has revealed the extent of the losses being incurred by its SA subsidia