JSE-listed telecommunications operator MTN has named Michael Fleisher to the position of group chief legal counsel, effective 1 February. Described by the group as a “seasoned legal professional”, Fleisher’s appointment is likely to raise a few eyebrows. As Finweek points

T-Systems, a unit of German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom, has acquired 100% of South African enterprise information management business Intervate, which employs over 100 people in Gauteng and the Western Cape. The parties

MTN has taken issue with the final call termination regulations announced by telecommunications regulator Icasa on Wednesday, saying the proposed “asymmetry” that benefits smaller operators is “unsubstantiated”. Under the regulations, smaller operators

Roads agency Sanral insisted on Thursday that a man arrested in connection with threats against the company was technically not one of its employees. Spokesman Vusi Mona said the building where the man was arrested was occupied by Electronic Toll Collection

The Tollgate Action Group (TAG) would push ahead with a court case to have Gauteng’s e-tolls declared unconstitutional, the organisation said on Thursday. “Based on legal opinions, the TAG is convinced that the e-toll act is unconstitutional, that the regulations were issued illegally, and that the e-toll launch

An employee of roads agency Sanral, who was arrested for alleged “terrorist acts” in Centurion, was tracked down through a call made from his cellphone, the Hawks said on Thursday. “We linked him via his cellphone which was used to make a call,” said Hawks spokesman Paul Ramaloko. “We are not sure

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has dealt a blow to telecommunications operators in South Africa that have more than 20% retail market share, introducing aggressive asymmetry that favours smaller operators

As part of its focus on and expansion into Africa, IBM’s South African subsidiary has opened a multimillion-dollar client centre in Johannesburg. It’s the second such facility to be opened by IBM on the continent. The centre shares its location with IBM’s Innovation Centre. Together, the two centres

Communications minister Yunus Carrim says mobile operators should accept the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa’s) move to chop wholesale inter-network call rates and the introduction of a regime that favours smaller operators. Icasa on Wednesday

Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig is set to make a full recovery and is “progressing well” after suffering a stroke in mid-November. That’s according to the mobile operator’s acting CEO, Jose Dos Santos, who says Knott-Craig is walking again after the health scare