Qualcomm has formally rejected Broadcom’s US$105bn acquisition offer, kicking off what would be the largest technology takeover battle in history. Qualcomm recommended shareholders spurn the deal, saying it’s an opportunistic
The World Wide Web is 28 years old. But these days it often appears to have the growing pains of a teenager. There’s the scourge of fake news, growing pockets of censorship around the world
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Vodacom Group shares fell the most in more than a month after Africa’s biggest wireless operator by market value reduced its first-half dividend amid weaker economic conditions in some of its key markets. The stock slumped as
Bitcoin plunged as the cancellation of a technology upgrade prompted some users to switch out of the cryptocurrency, spooking speculators who had profited from a more than 800% surge this
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko chats to Duncan McLeod about the future of the telecommunications group. The interview touches on Telkom’s underperformance
IBM is increasing the pressure on Google in the battle to commercialise quantum computing technology. Quantum computers hold the promise of being able to solve difficult problems from fields
Telkom executives have met with government officials to discuss plans to sell a 39% state-owned stake and were told that potential buyers have been identified. “They have communicated that they have
The number of fixed-line broadband subscribers on Telkom’s infrastructure has dipped back below a million, falling 1.9% year on year to end-September 2017, as competitive pressure in the
Johannesburg- and New York-listed Net1 UEPS Technologies, the company that owns Cash Paymaster Services, the business that pays social grants on behalf of the South African government