Vodacom will comply with communications regulator Icasa’s new data expiry rules from this week, but the country’s largest mobile operator has said it will charge users to roll over their unused data.

Helios Towers wants to build a thousand telecommunication towers in South Africa in the next three years as it tries to capitalise on rapid growth in mobile services and shape up for an initial public offering.

South Africa’s first fully fledged smartphone factory is to open at Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone north of Durban, as pan-African investment conglomerate Mara Group proceeds with its plans to invest R1.5-billion into the project.

Vodacom will implement Icasa’s new data expiry rules by the end of the week, meeting the deadline of 28 February set by the communications regulator. Here’s what to expect.

EOH Holdings has suspended some employees involved in deals being reviewed by its lawyers after an anonymous complaint prompted Microsoft to cancel partnership agreements with the JSE-listed IT company.

Sony is to launch the “world’s first” smartphone with a 4K-resolution OLED display – similar technology to modern televisions – the company has announced.