Browsing: Blue Label Telecoms

After more than 18 months of negotiation, Blue Label is finally poised to buy a 45% stake in Cell C for R5.5bn, a deal that is set to transform both companies. Blue Label shareholders approved

Blue Label Telecoms’ planned R1.9bn acquisition of handset distributor 3G Mobile – parent of The Equipment Company – forms part of a plan by the JSE-listed company to get customers that already buy its products, including

Blue Label Telecoms, the company that is in the throes of acquiring a significant minority stake in mobile operator Cell C, said on Tuesday that it plans to spend R1.9bn on a separate acquisition – of smartphone distributors 3G Mobile

Blue Label Telecoms is pushing ahead with a plan to recapitalise Cell C in terms of which it will become a 45% shareholder, through subsidiary The Prepaid Company, in South Africa’s third largest mobile operator. The JSE-listed company said

Net1 UEPS Technologies has decided not to subscribe for shares in Blue Label Telecoms as part of a recapitalisation plan for Cell C, but will still pursue a planned direct acquisition of 15% of the mobile operator’s equity for R2bn

Blue Label Telecoms has appointed Wayne McCauley as chief operating officer of South Africa, based in Johannesburg. The JSE-listed company, which is in the throes of acquiring a 45% stake

Cell C has posted a net profit of R540m for the year ended 31 December 2016, from a net loss in 2015 of R5,6bn, on the back of strong customer growth. South Africa’s third largest mobile operator by subscribers

MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati has said the mobile operator is “comfortable” with its distribution partnership with JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, despite the latter’s plan to acquire a 45% stake in mobile

Net1 UEPS Technologies, the company whose subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services manages the payment of welfare to 17m South Africans under a controversial tender, is acquiring a 15% stake in