This is the new Nokia 3310

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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

LG, Huawei vie for Barcelona spotlight

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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 debuts two new high-end tablets

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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

Google Assistant coming to more phones

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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 still pursuing Cell C

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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

TalkCentral: Ep 168 – ‘MWC preview’

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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

Telecoms deals back as CEOs head to Barcelona

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Telecommunications executives from Vodafone Group to Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica are headed to the industry’s annual get-together in Barcelona next week with more on their minds than the latest handsets. Deals under consideration

DStv Now comes to more subscribers

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MultiChoice is expanding its DStv Now streaming service to more subscribers, it said on Friday. Until now, DStv Now has only been available to DStv Premium customers with an active personal video recorder decoder.

SqwidNet IoT network now live in Gauteng

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SqwidNet, the newly established subsidiary of Dark Fibre Africa, is making quick progress with the deployment of its Internet of things network, already providing coverage to many parts of Gauteng. SqwidNet CEO Reshaad Sha