Blue Label Telecoms co-founders and co-CEOs Brett and Mark Levy are stepping down as non-executive directors of the Cell C board with immediate effect.
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Nokia only really has two competitors in the telecommunications equipment business, and one of them has been all but banned from much of the market. Pretty ripe conditions for a thriving business? Not for Nokia.
Kenya’s biggest company by market value, Safaricom, appointed Peter Ndegwa as CEO from 1 April 2020, amid plans for regional expansion and rising competition at home.
Seacom said on Wednesday that the submarine cable system it operates along Africa’s east coast is experiencing a “service-affecting outage”. Update: Services were restored on Wednesday afternoon.
Vodacom said on Tuesday that it has begun network-locking some smartphone devices for the first time in many years.
Nigerian regulators have warned they may have to take action to boost competition in the telecommunications industry, a move that could affect international operators including market leader MTN Group.
The company that runs Africa’s largest public Wi-Fi network is being liquidated after the unprofitable business failed to secure new investors.
MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa said on Thursday that it is not the company’s responsibility to save rival Cell C, but it’s also not in the interests of the telecommunications sector or the country to allow it to fail.
Huawei Technologies’ revenue jumped 24% in 2019’s first nine months, defying Trump administration sanctions to sustain growth in its pivotal smartphone business.
Helios Towers rose 1.8% in London after raising R5.4-billion in a long-delayed share sale that gives investors a foothold in Africa’s fast-growing wireless tower industry.