Politics. That may be the real reason Telkom CEO Reuben September’s contract is not being renewed when it expires in November. According to well-placed sources, he’s had a troubled relationship with the ANC under President Jacob Zuma after he oversaw the disposal of Telkom’s 50% stake in Vodacom. To understand the background, one has to go back to May
There’s good news for local iPhone fans. The new iPhone 4 is likely to go on sale in SA in…
Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) has expressed worries that the planned auction of radio frequency spectrum for wireless broadband won’t have the desired outcome of stimulating competition in SA’s telecommunications industry. IS regulatory director Siyabonga Madyibi says
Commercial broadcasters M-Net and e.tv have torn strips off the department of communications over government’s decision to revisit SA’s commitment to the digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB-T) standard. At a joint press conference on Tuesday, both broadcasters said that if government went back on its commitment to DVB-T
A top regulatory expert has lambasted the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) over its planned auction of spectrum for…
Stafford Masie returns to the show this week, joining Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss:…
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The ongoing poor performance at Telkom’s Multi-Links subsidiary in Nigeria may have been the trigger that group chairman Jeff Molobela…
The launch of Google’s popular StreetView service in SA, meant to take place last month, was delayed due to what Google has described as the technical complexity of the project. But TechCentral understands from separate sources that the launch was put off by several weeks because, as in other countries, its StreetView vehicles had collected private details about Wi-Fi hotspots, triggering privacy concerns
Frost & Sullivan says Telkom went from “bad to worse” under the leadership of group CEO Reuben September. The analyst…