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Alan Knott-Craig has played his first card since being appointed as CEO of Cell C on 1 April. The operator has released a new least-cost routing (LCR) product, called LCRAnyNet, that Knott-Craig says will “reduce the cost of telecommunications for business and will bring down the barrier for small
SA cabinet minister Roy Padayachie was a committed patriot who died in the service of his country, the deputy minister of public service & administration said on Saturday. “I have lost a comrade,” deputy minister Ayanda Dlodlo said. Padayachie, the minister of public service & administration, was found dead in his hotel
Former communications minister Roy Padayachie has passed away while on an official visit to Ethiopia. Padayachie, who was serving in President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet as minister of public service & administration, was also a former deputy communications minister under the late Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Government, political parties and trade unions on Saturday expressed sadness at the death of public service & administration minister Roy Padayachie. President Jacob Zuma said no words could express the loss that government and the people of SA felt at this loss. “It is sadly a great measure of his dedication and
Mobile operator MTN saw subscriber numbers in SA grow by 3,2% in the quarter ended 31 March 2012, although there was a decline in average revenue per user (Arpu) in both the prepaid and postpaid markets. The group as a whole reported subscriber growth of 3,7% for the quarter. The group recorded
Nigeria’s telecommmunications authorities Thursday threatened to impose sanctions on an affiliate of SA’s giant mobile phone service provider, MTN, over alleged poor service to subscribers. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) issued the warning to MTN Nigeria Communication in a
Alan Knott-Craig, the former iBurst MD and now CEO of social network MXit, has teamed up with writer and journalist Gus Silber to pen a new book on SA’s mobile industry, with a focus on the rise of MXit. The book, called Mobinomics: Mxit and Africa’s Mobile Revolution, looks at what mobile technology
The National Association of School Governing Bodies wants a ban on children using cellphones at SA’s schools, Beeld newspaper reported on Friday. According to the association, this was crucial to allow pupils to focus on their work, and to “protect them against irregularities on social networks”. Association
Mobile operator 8ta is in the market for a new marketing and sales executive. Stephen Blewett, who had filled this role until last week, has resigned. Blewett joined 8ta, which is the mobile arm of Telkom and SA’s fourth cellphone network operator, in 2009 as a contractor for an initial one-year term. The contract
Vodacom is expecting to turn in a solid financial performance for the financial year ended 31 March when it reports its results on 21 May. However, both basic and headline earnings per share have been dragged lower by a higher effective tax rate. The company delivered an encouraging performance
