On the first episode of TalkCentral for 2017, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat the 10th anniversary of Apple’s iconic iPhone. Also this week, is WhatsApp as secure as we think
Browsing: Cell C
Cell C has blamed the depreciation in the value of the rand against the US dollar for its decision, announced on Monday, to increase prices of a wide range of its prepaid and contract packages. The mobile operator, which is in the
Mobile operator Cell C is hiking the price of out-of-bundle data by more than 10% on many of its tariff plans, while also pushing up contract and data subscription charges. In a notice published on the company’s website, it said out-of-bundle
Jasco Electronics, Huge Group and Blue Label Telecoms top the list of best-performing technology shares on the JSE in 2016, TechCentral’s annual analysis of share price performances shows. Jasco, led
Here they are, TechCentral’s South African ICT Newsmakers of 2016. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year, for
The focus on “state capture” in South Africa has tended to divert attention from a deeper question. How can the distribution of wealth and control over the economy be changed in material terms? There is an implicit justification for corruption
In the 18 months to June 2016, MTN has invested R16bn in its network in South Africa. Nearly a third of this – R4,5bn – was spent on adding 1 300 new physical sites to its footprint. This addition translates
Academic bookstore Van Schaik has become the latest company to announce plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator in South Africa. The virtual operator, which piggybacks on
On TalkCentral this week, we chat Black Friday. But not for long, because there’s real news, too – like MTN vowing to take market share from Vodacom and Cell C’s BEE shareholder suing it over the planned restructuring. Also this week, the
Cell C’s planned recapitalisation, in terms of which JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms will acquire 45% of the mobile operator for R5,5bn, has hit turbulence. News wires, including Reuters, reported on Thursday