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Provisions in new laws that will see people found guilty of cartel conduct being fined up to R500 000 or imprisoned for up to 10 years came into effect on 9 June. This was revealed in a written response in parliament on Tuesday, after

Significant losses at Altech Multimedia and Powertech will contribute to a dismal set of full-year results at technology and industrial group Altron. The group cautioned shareholders on Friday afternoon that although its Altron TMT

Icasa met secretly and unlawfully with Vodacom to discuss the operator’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, leading to a “reasonable suspicion of bias” against the communications regulator, the high court in Pretoria has found. In a damning judgment, handed down on Friday, Judge

Cellular service provider GloCell said on Monday that it has acquired Altech Autopage’s Cell C subscriber base for an undisclosed sum. It said the Competition Commission had approved the transaction. The deal comes as MTN and Vodacom

The Competition Tribunal has given the green light to Altron subsidiary Altech Autopage to sell its subscriber bases to respective service providers, namely MTN, Vodacom and Cell C. While the Competition Commission recommended

The Competition Tribunal found on Thursday that a 2013 deal between the SABC and MultiChoice that would give the pay-television company the right to air two of the public broadcaster’s

Altech Autopage’s largest client, Saicom, alleged before the Competition Tribunal on Wednesday that the cost of some of MTN and Vodacom’s cellphone packages have increased by between 400% and 500%. The increases have been

The Democratic Alliance would do away with the separate departments of telecommunications & postal services and communications and fold them into a new economic infrastructure ministry if the party were to come to national power. DA leader Mmusi Maimane on

Altech Autopage MD Boyd Chislett has tendered his resignation and will leave the cellular service provider, and the Altron group, at the end of March. Chislett confirmed to TechCentral via telephone on Tuesday that he is stepping down