US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said licences would be coming “very shortly” for American companies to sell components to Huawei Technologies.
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Icasa has set out five options for licensing so-called high-demand spectrum in South Africa, which will allow mobile operators to roll out both 4G and 5G infrastructure.
Safaricom and parent Vodacom Group plan a joint bid for an Ethiopian telecommunications licence that they expect to cost as much as R15-billion.
Safaricom, a unit of Vodacom Group, posted a 14% increase in net income for the six months to September 2019 as revenue growth from mobile money was hurt by a state crackdown on sports betting.
HAn open letter has been posted to Huawei’s internal messaging board containing a sharp rebuke of the company’s overtime policy and alleging executives are covering up the full extent of extra work that’s happening.
When Nokia cut its outlook and halted the dividend last week, analysts blamed the company’s under-investment in research and development, among other things. Add internal politics to the list.
EXCLUSIVE | Icasa is poised to announce a plan to auction off radio frequency spectrum suitable for the roll-out of 5G infrastructure in a move that is likely to be widely welcomed by the telecommunications industry.
MTN Group is in advanced talks to sell stakes in tower assets in Ghana and Uganda worth as much as R8-billion as Africa’s largest wireless carrier looks to accelerate a broader disposal plan.
MTN South Africa lost 300 000 customers in the quarter ended 30 September 2019, but still managed to eke out service revenue growth of 0.4%. It ended the period with 28.9 million subscribers.
Cell C has regularised its payments to MTN South Africa for network roaming and has coughed up almost R750-million between July and September.