Telkom on Tuesday told shareholders that it expects its headline and basic earnings per share to be at least 20% higher in the six-month period ended 30 September 2013 compared to the same period a year ago. However, the telecommunications operator noted that the
The CEOs of Kenya’s four mobile operators, Safaricom, Orange Telkom, Airtel and yuMobile, have been warned they could face arrest for failing to disconnect unregistered Sim cards on their networks. The warning follows reports that police are trying to trace
Malawi is not a country that often makes the international news, particularly not in the realm of connectivity. Economically poor and landlocked, it faces significant challenges in achieving affordable access for all. Although both the incumbent telcommunications operator, MTL, and the electricity parastatal
Government is still reviewing its policy on access control for digital terrestrial television, the department of communications has told the Democratic Alliance in response questions the party submitted in parliament. This is despite an agreement between MultiChoice and the SABC that prohibits the public broadcaster from
New technology is being rolled out across licence testing centres in Gauteng in an attempt to fight fraud and corruption. A new electronic system for learner’s licence tests had replaced the booklet system at eight testing centres in the province, transport MEC Ismail Vadi said on Tuesday
The Xperia range of smartphones and tablet computers serves as a marker of Sony’s turnaround. The Japanese electronics company has come a long way from the humdrum Android devices it produced in conjunction with Ericsson to products that now stand up to the best
The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) will on Tuesday, as part of Global Space Week, launch Fundisa: satellite imagery tools to support the high school geography curriculum. Earth observation and space science are seen as important ways to monitor South Africa’s land use, resources
Four foreigners who trained employees of the Gupta family’s ANN7 news channel were ordered to leave South Africa. In written reply to a parliamentary question, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said the department had responded “immediately” to allegations that foreigners without work permits
Diversified industrial and technology group Altron has reported a 4% improvement in headline earnings per share (HEPS) in the six months ended 31 August 2013, rising from 79c a year ago to 82c in the latest reporting period. This was on the back of an 8% increase in revenue from continuing operations
Vodacom has taken strong exception to a move by telecommunications regulator Icasa to draft a wholesale call rates regime that favours its rival Cell C and more recent market entrant Telkom Mobile. Vodacom says it supports the proposed cuts to termination rates
