South Africans want data prices to fall. Instead, it’s the shares of the big listed telecommunications companies that are tumbling. Share prices have come under significant downward pressure in recent
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IHS Towers has postponed an initial public offering that would have valued the company at as much as $10-billion (R135-billion), according to people familiar with the matter, because of concern that a sale
MTN and its technology partner, Ericsson, have achieved throughput of 1.6Gbit/s using 5G technology at the Gerotek skid pan outside Pretoria. Using 100MHz of spectrum in the 28GHz band, the
Ethiopia will split its state-owned telecommunications company and sell stakes in the two new entities piecemeal to international operators, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Ethiopian Telecommunications, or EthioTelecom
On TalkCentral this week, your regular show hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by former Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt all the way from Switzerland to talk about the week’s big technology news
In a full-page, paid-for open letter in the Sunday Times, addressed to “the political leaders of South Africa”, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko implored the politicians to have a national conversation about the importance of ICT
Communications regulator Icasa has postponed the implementation of new data expiry rules pending the outcome of an urgent application in the high court by mobile operator Cell C. Though it said it still expects South
MTN South Africa on Thursday joined Cell C in challenging Icasa’s deadline for the implementation of new data expiry rules, arguing the time the communications regulator has given the industry
In a significant victory for MTN South Africa, rival Vodacom has been told it may no longer claim in marketing and advertising material that it has South Africa’s best mobile network. In a ruling by the
Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country and the continent’s fastest growing economy, is inviting big business to cash in. For so long a closed shop, the Horn of Africa nation on Tuesday invited foreign investors to