The labour court has issued an order, with the consent of ex-Vodacom exployees, to enforce their restraints of trade after reports emerged in November that they were working with rival MTN South Africa.
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Cell C has become the second major mobile operator in South Africa, after Telkom, to comply fully with communications regulator Icasa’s new data-expiry rules.
South Africa has the fourth-highest number of spam calls in the world, according to new research from Truecaller.
With a little over two months left for South Africa’s telecommunications operators to implement Icasa’s new data-expiry rules, MTN said on Monday that it has begun complying with them
Following the resignation of Babak Fouladi, MTN Group has appointed Charles Molapisi as its new chief technology and information officer, effecting 1 January 2019.
Fifth-generation mobile networks are unlikely to be adopted rapidly, with the technology still likely to be relatively niche as far out as 2025, according to a new report from Deloitte.
Releasing enough millimetre-wave radio frequency spectrum for next-generation 5G networks could unlock as much $565-billion in global GDP between 2020 and 2034, according to the GSMA.
Liquid Telecom received a $180-million cash injection from UK development finance institution CDC Group as Africa’s largest fibre network operator expands broadband infrastructure across the continent.
China’s Huawei is planning to overhaul its global software systems as it tries to avoid a ban in the UK and other European markets, after previous piecemeal fixes failed to assuage national security concerns.
Telkom is considering making an offer to buy a majority stake in Cell C that would lead to a combination of South Africa’s third- and fourth-largest mobile phone companies, according to people familiar with the matter.