African Prepaid Services Nigeria (APSN), a now-mostly-dormant company in which JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms has an effective 37% stake, is claiming US$481m, or about R4bn at the prevailing exchange rate, in damages from Multi-Links, Telkom’s former Nigerian
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms said on Monday it has decided to terminate its business activities in Nigeria. This follows the cancellation of a contract in that country with Telkom subsidiary Multi-Links. Blue Label co-CEO Mark Levy says the decision will allow it
Blue Label Telecoms is preparing a claim to try to recover an unspecified amount of damages it says it has suffered after losing an exclusive contract with Telkom’s failed
JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms says a controversial contract signed with Telkom’s ailing Nigerian operation, Multi-Links, is being reviewed. Blue Label co-CEO Mark Levy says the contract has reached its annual review time, and the company is willing to make some concessions to help save the troubled Multi-Links.
Former iBurst MD Alan Knott-Craig Jr has acquired 50% of Arc Telecommunications, a company led by former iBurst commercial head…
Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), the holding company of iBurst, is at advanced stage of discussions about building a mobile cellular network in a sign that infrastructure competition in SA is stepping up another gear, TechCentral has learnt. If it goes ahead with its plans, which one senior source close to the company says appears likely, WBS will become SA’s fifth mobile network operator after Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and the soon-to-be-launched Telkom
High drama appears to be unfolding at wireless broadband operator iBurst. Company CEO Jannie van Zyl may be on his…
For years, Nicholas Negroponte, chairman emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, punted the idea of a US$100…
