Shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a major shake-up at technology group Altron, ending decades of absolute control by the Venter family and ushering in a new strategic shareholder in the form
Browsing: Mteto Nyati
MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati has resigned to take the reins at Altron. Nyati, formerly MD of Microsoft’s South African subsidiary, will take the reins at Altron from Robbie Venter on 1 July. The surprise move by Nyati, who joined MTN in 2014
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
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
MTN South Africa is set to help launch consumer brands as mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), according to the company’s CEO. The brands include “household names”, MTN South Africa
It’s well known that MTN South Africa has had a torrid few years. It’s lost market share to Vodacom and Cell C, it’s suffered debilitating industrial action, its network hasn’t been up to snuff, its customer service
The national integrated ICT policy white paper, approved last month by cabinet, is a threat to the telecommunications industry and must be revisited urgently because it will chase away those investing
MTN South Africa has appointed Giovanni Chiarelli as its new chief technology and information officer. Chiarelli replaces Babak Fouladi, who was interim CTO in addition to his role as MTN group executive for technology and information systems. Chiarelli has 17 years
MTN South Africa has named Adcorp subsidiary Rightsource as the preferred partner to manage its outsourced call centres. The move, which has been met with union resistance, will see MTN adopt a “hybrid” call centre model in
The leaders of some of South Africa’s biggest information and communications technology companies, including the four mobile operators, have met and agreed that the only way of resolving the impasse over broadband spectrum