South Africa, where 80% of the adult population owns a cellphone but the median income is a mere R3 000/month, poses specific challenges to tech companies trying to make inroads into the cellphone market. For many, the solution has come in the form of apps that allow
A month ago, Bloomberg proclaimed the chairman of Tencent, Ma Huateng, to be China’s richest man, with a wealth of US$13bn based on Tencent’s Hong Kong-listed shares, of which he owns 10%. His family name Ma means horse, so the Internet
Cellphone tower management company IHS has secured US$490m in new funding, made up of $420 in equity and $70m in debt, as it expands its operations across Africa. Existing shareholders in IHS are contributing to the fund-raising
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Gijima has welcomed a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into a department of land reform project. “We welcome this investigation to remove any internal or external doubt or innuendoes, which would impact on the reputation of the department of rural development and land reform, as well as
South Africa’s telecommunications industry has never been in such a heightened state of flux as it is today. The regulator, Icasa, has managed to enrage the two biggest operators, MTN and Vodacom, which have both now lodged voluminous applications at the high court in an effort to get new call
There is no direct link between mobile termination rates and retail prices. That’s the assertion of MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia, who on Sunday again questioned the move by communications regulator Icasa to cut the rates. In a statement, Bulbulia urges MTN subscribers to “let the facts
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has blasted his rivals at Vodacom and MTN, Shameel Joosub and Zunaid Bulbulia, accusing them of “standing in the way of South Africa’s future” by taking communications regulator Icasa to court over mobile termination rates. In an open letter to the Vodacom
A woman received an undelivered letter she posted 12 years ago, according to a weekend newspaper report. Deidre Allen was shocked to see a letter she posted in 2002 returned to her as undeliverable, according to the report in the Saturday Star. “This letter has been hanging around for
The Democratic Alliance will be heading to court this week to have the law that allows e-tolling declared unconstitutional, the party said on Sunday. “I will be in court representing Gauteng residents who have expressed an overwhelming majority of opposition to e-tolling,” spokesman Mmusi Maimane said in
