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It’s now well known that MTN South Africa patented a “please call me”-type service in the early 2000s, beating rival Vodacom to the punch.

Vodacom cannot pay the “inventor” of the “please call me” service, Nkosana Makate, more money because the outcome of the deadlock-breaking mechanism is legally binding, the company said on Friday.

The SABC has put its retrenchment plan on hold following “constructive and extensive” engagements with various stakeholders.

Vodacom offered its former employee, Nkosana Makate, R49-million to settle the “please call me” dispute, his former “litigation funder”, Chris Schoeman, said in a radio interview on Thursday.

MTN South Africa said on Thursday that it is cutting out-of-bundle data charges for prepaid customers by as much as 75% and launching a new “double your bundle” promotion.

Vodacom has drawn a line in the sand over demands from protesters that the telecommunications operator pays the “inventor” of its “please call me” service R70-billion.

A small group of protesters descended on Vodacom’s head office on Thursday to demand Vodacom pays Nkosana Makate, the “inventor” of the “please call me service”, R70-billion.

Apple plans to launch iPhones with a more-powerful 3D camera as soon as next year, stepping up the company’s push into augmented reality, according to people familiar with the plans.

Government will announce within a month how it plans to fix Eskom, the embattled state utility that supplies more than…

The Public Investment Corp moved too quickly when it agreed to invest in Ayo Technology, a suspended employee said.