Mobile telecommunications operator MTN and pan-African fibre-optic infrastructure provider Liquid Telecom have signed a partnership deal in terms of which they will jointly offer customers access to their wireless and fixed services across the continent
IT and telecommunications shares took a pounding on Monday as a global stock market rout hammered the JSE. Big companies such as MTN and EOH were trading sharply lower as investors fled shares for safer assets
Internet streaming is a serious competitive threat to broadcast television in South Africa, but the technology is hamstrung by cost challenges, says an analyst. “There is no doubt that Internet streaming
Ten billion rand. That’s MTN South Africa’s capital expenditure this year. It’s a massive number. For the first year in memory (possibly ever), MTN will outspend Vodacom on capex. In the 2015 financial year, Vodacom spent R8,6bn. Now, Vodacom’s
Did the Competition Commission do the right thing in seeking to block – in the process scuppering – the network sharing deal between Telkom and MTN? On the surface, it appears it was the right move for consumers, but dig a little deeper and one has to question whether the
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub is clearly confident about the mobile group’s prospects. Joosub on Thursday snapped up almost R4m in Vodacom shares, according to a notice posted by the JSE on Friday morning. Joosub acquired 26 608 shares worth R3 981 678,60, the notice said
MTN has entered into discussions with fast-growing pan-African mobile phone tower operator IHS Holding with a view to selling its South African tower portfolio, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Quoting an unnamed source
MTN Business and Microsoft have entered into a partnership to provide pan-African cloud computing services from the telecommunications operator’s data centres, the companies said on Thursday. The
Blue Label Telecoms and retail group Edcon will develop a network of retail technology stores across South Africa. Called Edgars Connect, the companies hope to have 100 outlets opened before
Blue Label Telecoms said on Monday that Cell C has enjoyed “massive” growth in the past year, while MTN has “lost a little bit of direction”. This is according to Brett Levy, co-CEO at Blue Label, which
