Robert Nkuna is the new director-general of the department of telecommunications & postal services, replacing Rosey Sekese, who was “expelled” from her post after being suspended in 2015. Cabinet ratified the decision to appoint Nkuna, who is
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Market watchers are not worried about the decision by mobile operator Cell C to ditch its R8,5bn planned bond placement to reduce its crippling debt load of R20,7bn. Prepaid technology specialist
Cell C has withdrawn a planned bond placement to help it reduce its high levels of debt, but the company remains confident it will raise sufficient funds through a planned restructuring to reduce its maximum
The country’s largest Wi-Fi provider, AlwaysOn, now allows customers to convert airtime into Wi-Fi data for its relatively pervasive network. At the entry level, R15 converts to 150MB of AlwaysOn data, which is less than half
Blue Label’s share price has been on a strong run since it announced its intention to invest a 35% equity stake in Cell C at the end of last year. Coupled with good growth numbers in its first half 2016 results, it has gained more than 60% so far
It is borderline criminal for mobile operators to be charging as much as R500/MB for data use while roaming in certain countries. It’s 2016! The overarching problem with roaming, of course, is that there
Cell C’s full financial results, for the six months ended June 2016, provide detailed insight into the performance of South Africa’s third largest mobile telecommunications operator for the first time. The numbers are contained in a
In the latest episode of South Africa’s premier technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Vumatel’s acquisition of Fibrehoods. Also this week, they look at Cell C’s financial results
R39,5bn. That’s the amount South Africans spent on cellphone contracts in 2015. This analysis of the market is possible for the first time after the publication of a transaction circular by Blue Label Telecoms, which detailed
Popular (mis)conception has it that Cell C, whose resurgence began under Alan Knott-Craig in 2012 and continues under Jose Dos Santos, has been rapidly stealing market share from larger rivals Vodacom and