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Cell C could be the big winner from new mobile operator Rain’s decision to suspend sales of fixed-LTE products with effect from 1 November 2018.

Eskom implemented rolling blackouts across the country on Tuesday as an ongoing protest over wages curbed electricity generation.

MTN Group’s R10-billion plan to extend fibre home broadband connections to Iranian cities has been put on hold because of looming economic sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump.

Bill Venter has stepped down from the board of directors of the company he founded 53 years ago. He will step down as nonexecutive director effective 31 July 2018.

Nedbank, working with Mastercard and Entersekt, has launched QR code (or quick-response code) payments to Masterpass, Pay@, SnapScan and Zapper merchants and billers in its Money app – for use online or in-store.

South Africa’s newest mobile network operator, Rain, appears to be having some serious teething troubles. It has “temporarily suspended” the sale of fixed-wireless 4G/LTE products.

Vodacom has reportedly paid more than R1.2-million to forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan after the cellphone giant allegedly handed over confidential call records to the legal team representing a former high-ranking member of the criminal underworld.

Protests at some South African power stations amid deadlocked wage talks are stopping coal from getting to plants and threaten to force the country’s electricity provider to implement rolling blackouts.

EOH and prospective black-owned equity partner Lebashe have amended their planned empowerment deal. Lebashe will now invest R1-billion in the JSE-listed technology services group.

After 18 months of false starts, it appears that Samsung is finally almost ready to launch its smartphone payments platform in South Africa.