The government’s decision in August to retain two Telkom directors who small institutional investors wanted removed and vote off four independent investors has led to speculation that the purge of the board was driven by a long-term plan for the company
Bringing with it a new lead character and a change of setting, Assassin’s Creed 3 promised a rebirth for a franchise that has become bloated and directionless over the past two years. But rather than seizing the opportunity to trim the fat
Private credit card and banking details have been leaked during a breach at a company which processes online transactions, the Payments Association of SA (Pasa) said on Friday. Pasa CEO Walter Volker said there was no need for “undue concern” by card holders
It’s not all bad news at TopTV. The company has revealed that its new prepaid offering is proving successful, with the financially troubled pay-TV operator activating more than 500 prepaid vouchers a day in recent weeks. To date, TopTV says it has
Telkom was losing R144/month or more on every fixed-line in service as recently as a couple of years ago and the fixed-line operator estimates that local-loop unbundling (LLU) could lob as much as R2,2bn/year off its revenue line if the regulatory intervention is introduced
Independent power producers could provide more than 60GW of conventionally produced electricity, according to the department of energy. This is nearly twice the total capacity now produced by Eskom – and it could be brought to market for far less than what
A unit of Logicalis, a subsidiary of Johannesburg- and London-listed technology group Datatec, has bought the Colombian and Ecuadorian operations of Cibercall for cash. The value of the deal, which is being done by
There is growing mystery surrounding telecommunications regulator Icasa’s plan to begin cracking open Telkom’s copper access network into homes and businesses to the fixed-line operator’s competitors. TechCentral has learnt that there
Rumours are circulating that Apple may abandon Intel chips in favour of those designed by ARM Holdings. Bloomberg reported on 6 November that “people familiar with the company’s research” had said Apple was “exploring” the idea. Of course these sources
After a stint at Telkom, former Samsung Electronics SA MD Deon Liebenberg has resigned from the telecommunications operator. He will join Vodacom on 1 February, a spokesman for the mobile operator has confirmed. Liebenberg, who joined
