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No one saw this coming. Google on Monday said it would buy Motorola Mobility for US$40/share, or $12,5bn, a premium of 63% to the share’s closing price on Friday. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. In a blog post
The suspension and dismissal of executives at Broadband Infraco is what’s behind an anonymous letter sent to public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba and the Public Protector, says acting CEO Andrew Shaw. The allegations contained
Newly appointed Telkom group chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte has promised to work with CEO Nombulelo Moholi to bring stability to the management team at the partially privatised telecommunications operator. The leadership
SA Nokia users now have access to free real-time traffic data on their smartphones. Nokia SA has launched an update to the maps service and now offers real-time traffic conditions. Nokia Maps comes pre-loaded on all of the Finnish
Cell C will introduce new broadband products in the next few weeks and bring its long-running special offers, introduced a year ago, to an end. The company, which has rolled out 1 900 third-generation mobile broadband towers
Business Process enabling SA (BPeSA) Western Cape, an organisation that promotes contact centre and outsourcing, and the province’s department for finance, economic development & tourism have reached a deal with Internet Solutions
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has come out in strong defence of a new ad valorem duty on computer monitors, saying it’s meant to protect the television industry, despite strong opposition to the new tax. Sars spokesman Adrian Lackay says it is
Cell C grew its subscriber base by 12% to 8,2m at the end of 2010, SA’s third-largest cellular operator said on Thursday. It was also on track to turn its first net profit “quite soon”, said chairman and acting CEO Simon Duffy. Announcing Cell C’s
SA is getting a new, corporate-focused telecommunications operator and Internet service provider. The company, OnedotCom, which is part of the same group that is supporting the construction of a R1,2bn fibre-optic communications
Given global economic uncertainty, SA’s IT market has performed “remarkably well”, says research and consulting firm BMI-TechKnowledge. And if its research is correct, it will continue to do so, reaching almost R100bn in sales four years from now. The market
