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It is hugely encouraging to see South Africa rising up the World Economic Forum’s latest global competitive rankings as a result of the strides the country has made in getting more people onto the Internet

The race to wire up South Africa’s suburbs to fibre broadband has led MTN to buy Smart Village from MultiChoice. “MTN has concluded a deal with MultiChoice to acquire Smart Village

Vodacom, MTN and Cell C will pay Altron a combined amount of about R1,5bn to take over the subscriber base of Altech Autopage Cellular. Interestingly, Altron is receiving less than Reunert did when it concluded a similar deal with the operators to sell the subscribers

MTN’s black economic empowerment (BEE) share scheme MTN Zakhele is expected to list on the JSE on 5 November. With a market capitalisation of R8,2bn, MTN Zakhele will be the first BEE empowerment share scheme to list on the JSE’s BEE board from its current over-the-counter

It’s a veritable feast for couch potatoes – or at least those with access to affordable and fast broadband. In the space of just a few months, almost half a dozen new video-on-demand players have been launched in South Africa, promising an alternative to satellite pay

MTN has provided more details about its plans to zero-rate its FrontRow video-on-demand offering. The decision means it won’t charge users of its mobile network for the data they consume while watching

MTN said on Tuesday that it has earmarked R1,2bn for network upgrades in KwaZulu-Natal, including the operator’s first fibre-to-the-home deployment in the densely populated coastal province