It’s all come down to this. Fifteen years after Telkom was partially privatised and nine years after it was listed on the JSE, communications minister Dina Pule was scheduled to present three options for the future of the company to President Jacob Zuma and members of his cabinet on Wednesday
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Reunert subsidiaries Nashua ECN and Nashua Communications are to be merged on 1 October to create a new business with more than R1bn in annual revenues and 600 employees. The combined entity will trade under the name of Nashua Communications and will be headed by the current
From streaming services to direct download sites, SA has seen a range of new music offerings arrive in recent months. Now there are two more on the horizon, each with completely different models, but each wanting to give SA artists the dues, and revenue
Daily Dish founders Diane de Villiers, 54, and Jo-Pierre Lerm, 33, are no strangers to digital start-ups. The pair were behind online lead generation service JustPlay and both worked at SA’s first online bank, 20twenty. Their latest venture involves
Telkom’s share price was trading up by more than 5% in mid-afternoon trade on the JSE on Monday ahead of a cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday at which communications minister Dina Pule is expected to set out three strategic options for the fixed-line telecommunications operator. The share
Despite the critics decrying the lack of a “wow” factor around the iPhone 5, preorders for Apple’s newest handset have already sold out in the US. The company will move millions of them, despite the update from the iPhone 4S being distinctly evolutionary rather than revolutionary. It’s a solid phone
The iPhone 5 is a huge disappointment, without any of the delightful innovations that characterised the launches of its older siblings. The Phone 5 is a huge success, selling faster than any of the models that came before it. These are the messages competing for dominance in the tech and business press. But which
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has published its definition of what exactly constitutes an underserviced area. The definition is important because government has set universal service targets and obligations that operators are legally bound to meet. An underserviced
Cell C has revised its roaming contract with Vodacom, the updated terms of which are effective immediately. The agreement allows Cell C customers to roam on Vodacom’s network where there is limited Cell C coverage. Though neither party is commenting on the specific terms of the new deal
Free-to-air broadcaster e.tv has filed papers in the high court in Johannesburg against communications minister Dina Pule, accusing of her acting unlawfully in appointing Sentech to manage the control system that will be used in the set-top boxes that are needed for consumers to receive digital terrestrial television signals