The UK government is intervening in the $3.4-billion sale of satellite operator Inmarsat to a group of funds on national security grounds.
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The department of communications & digital technologies was meant to publish the policy direction on the assignment of broadband spectrum in South Africa last Friday, but failed to do so.
When it comes to data, MTN has a problem. While it is selling more of it, it is also under pressure to slash the cost of providing access to the Internet. A solution may lay in financial services.
As part of an ambitious reform programme, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed plans to award telecommunications licences to two private operators next year, and sell a minority stake in Ethio Telecom.
MTN Group has hired another top executive from Vodacom Group, saying on Wednesday that is has appointed Yolanda Cuba as its new chief digital and fintech officer.
Seacom, which built the first subsea broadband cable along Africa’s east coast 10 years ago, is interested in acquiring capacity in Google’s new, high-capacity Equiano cable along the west coast to Europe.
Altron is considering its legal options after the high court in Pretoria set aside the City of Tshwane’s municipal broadband network project contract.
Vumatel has started rolling out fibre-to-the-home broadband in Mitchell’s Plain, while at the same time it is finally gearing up to begin a roll-out of fibre in the impoverished Johannesburg suburb of Alexandra.
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare about the fibre-to-the-home provider’s roll-out of fibre to Mitchell’s Plain and the company’s plan to deploy fibre infrastructure in Alexandra.
Huawei is planning to cut jobs at its US subsidiary as the Chinese technology giant continues to struggle with its American blacklisting, the Wall Street Journal reported.