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
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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
The Hawks have raided the offices of MTN Group and those of its external legal counsel, Webber Wentzel, apparently over the ongoing legal dispute with rival Turkcell, which lost out to the JSE-listed telecommunications
Vodacom and Telkom have been adding mobile subscriber numbers in South Africa at the expense of MTN, a chart of the performance of the three operators over five years shows. Apart from a minor blip in the second half
In a significant development in South Africa’s telecommunications sector, Cell C has signed a roaming agreement with MTN that will allow its customer’s to roam on the latter’s network. It’s the first time that Cell C will have access










