MTN South Africa is having none of Telkom’s latest move that again threatens to derail South Africa’s much-anticipated spectrum auction.
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Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni will approach Telkom with a view to reaching an out-of-court settlement over the latest spectrum impasse.
It is a regulation that has been 16 years in the making, and hampered by legal action from mobile operator Cell C. By Greg de Chasteauneuf.
Icasa has blasted Telkom for once again taking it to court, a move that threatens the release of much-needed broadband spectrum.
Blue Label Telecoms, the JSE-listed firm that owns 45% of Cell C, is still in talks about recapitalising the debt-laden mobile operator’s balance sheet.
Telkom has again filed papers to try to stop the upcoming spectrum auction, a move that will likely see the company heavily criticised.
Ethiopia is suspending the tender process for its second telecommunications licence and will relaunch it in the “near future”, the government said.
Widespread flight delays could occur once new 5G wireless service rolls out in early January, US airline executives and aviation officials are warning.
In a surprise development, MTN Group has announced the resignation of Godfrey Motsa, its South African CEO.
Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko will step down later this month, half a year earlier than originally planned.