In an upset made all the more shocking by its announcement, Moonlight won the Oscar for best picture, a crowning achievement for African American filmmakers after two years of controversy over institutional
MTN, which previously cautioned it would report a loss for the full-year ended 31 December 2016, has now provided more guidance on the likely range of the losses. Africa’s biggest mobile operator expects
Telkom has launched a new cellular product family, called FreeMe Family, extending its market-shaking, data-led FreeMe plans launched in mid-2016. The new plans are meant to help families – and small
Cell C’s black economic empowerment shareholder, CellSAf, which currently holds 25% of South Africa’s third largest mobile operator, has warned it will head to court this week if a planned restructuring goes ahead, saying it’s
Finnish company HMD Global unveiled a range of new phones, including a redesign of the classic Nokia 3310, in a bid to win back mobile consumers. Two new smartphones, the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5, are set to come to market
Phone makers Huawei Technologies and LG Electronics are battling to steal the show at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, rushing to fill the void in the absence of handset leaders Samsung Electronics and Apple
Samsung Electronics is targeting gamers and professionals with two new tablets, seeking to regain ground in mobile devices after pulling its Galaxy Note7 smartphone off shelves last year. The Galaxy Tab S3, meant for
Five months after introducing its digital assistant, Google is sharing the feature with Android partners, hoping the service can boost its odds to win customers from Apple’s iPhone. Google is making its intelligent assistant
Telkom is considering acquiring Cell C’s debt as it seeks to gain access to subscribers of the nation’s third largest mobile phone company. Cell C creditors approached Telkom to help reorganise debt that includes
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the big announcements expected at Mobile World Congress, including new smartphones from HTC, Huawei, Sony and, yes, Nokia. Also this week, DStv hikes its prices