Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has asked Icasa to ensure that preferential access to spectrum is given to a new wholesale open-access network while opening the way for spectrum to be released to commercial operators.

Communications regulator Icasa has issued an invitation to apply for a tender to help it value high-demand spectrum bands ahead of a planned assignment of the valuable radio frequencies.

MTN Nigeria has published strong maiden results as a listed company, with operating margins expanding significantly on the back of good service revenue growth.

Apple is to acquire chip maker Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1-billion to bolster its attempt to build its own line of 5G chips and lessen its dependence on Qualcomm.

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko earned total remuneration of R23.2-million in the 2019 financial year, down from R27.2-million in 2018, mainly as a result of fewer shares that vested to him in the period.

Twitter reported sales that beat Wall Street expectations as the social media company attracted millions of new users with better ways of sorting users’ feeds and more relevant notifications.

The only fair and sensible approach is to immediately suspend e-tolling in Gauteng and reimburse consumers who have paid e-tolls since 2013, says the Automobile Association.

Vodafone Group plans to carve out its phone towers into a separate unit and consider an initial public offering, as it seeks to sell substantial stakes in the business to lower its debt.

Finance minister Tito Mboweni says government borrowing will surge and taxes may rise to fund the troubled Eskom. Yet no plan has been announced to restructure the overstaffed company.

Africa is rural. Or that’s what senior Western officials envision when they talk about the continent. This is wrong. Dangerously wrong.