Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has vowed to go after the high-spending customers of rivals MTN and Vodacom and the smaller operator’s recent deal with Discovery Vitality and recent cuts in its international tariffs represent first steps in that plan. “We

The status quo in SA’s telecommunications industry is “not sustainable” and a wave of consolidation is coming soon. That’s the view of Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig, who says he expects a big shake-up in the industry, possibly within the next six months, with smaller players reaching out to each

Mobile social network Mxit has integrated First National Bank’s eWallet into its mobile commerce platform, Mxit Money. The new service, called FNB Moola+, allows Mxit users to purchase the virtual currency for 35% less than it would cost if purchased using premium-rated SMS. Until now, Mxit users have had

Telkom Business has introduced new mobile broadband products which it says provide sufficient data monthly to allow buyers to run a small business for prices starting at R249/month. The new packages include a month-to-month contract option, called Data Max 15GB, that offers 15GB of data a month

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has acknowledged that it faces a variety of obstacles it must overcome if it is to be effective, achieve its goals and improve the state of SA’s communications landscape. These include keeping abreast of developments

SA youth are not as enthusiastic about entrepreneurship as their counterparts abroad and could be short-changing themselves, an expert said on Tuesday. Kobus Engelbrecht, of the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition, said the 2011 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) SA report found that

Black economic empowerment is still vital in SA, trade & industry minister Rob Davies said on Tuesday. “We cannot expect to grow and develop as a country if the leadership of the economy is still in the hands of only a small minority of the society,” he said. Davies was speaking at the

Consumers could go and buy their e-toll tags, as the transport department was busy concluding talks on the matter, minister Ben Martins has said, Beeld reported on Tuesday. Speaking at the launch of national transport month in Soweto on Monday, Martins said more precise plans around the

First National Bank is in final talks with UK-based mPowa, a rival to American firm Square, about using the payments company’s technology to give its clients the ability to accept card payments using mobile phones. mPowa offers a white-label solution that supports multiple

Although sales of BlackBerry devices continue to fall off a cliff in developed markets, Research in Motion’s successes in emerging markets, a forthcoming overhaul of its operating system, and the company’s pledge to keep wooing developers suggest the embattled company may be able keep its head above water. RIM’s forthcoming