Telkom and Cell C both face significant upheaval in the short term, much more so than their rivals MTN and Vodacom. How the two companies adapt to the changing market will have a dramatic impact on South Africa’s telecoms sector and, ultimately, on the services that
MTN could outsource management of its retail stores and field staff, with an industry insider suggesting a deal with Brightstar is on the cards. The industry insider said telecommunications multinational Brightstar is busy headhunting a
The sale of iBurst and Broadlink parent Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) to a company backed by top former bankers Michael Jordaan and Paul Harris is proceeding, subject to regulatory approvals, after the conclusion
MTN said on Thursday that it expects that its headline earnings per share (Heps) for the full-year ended 31 December 2014 rose by between 5% and 15%. The mobile operator, which owns networks in 22 countries in the Africa and the Middle East
MTN has continued to lose market share in prepaid in South Africa in the past six months, despite slashing its voice tariffs to 79c/minute, new numbers published by Blue Label Telecoms suggest
Mobile operator MTN has made its first play into the consumer cloud computing market – and taken aim at over-the-top rivals like Google and Dropbox – with a cloud service that provides its users with unlimited storage capacity for a fixed monthly fee of R99
Telkom informed shareholders on Thursday that it remains locked in talks with MTN over a deal that could see the predominantly fixed-line operator outsource the management of its mobile radio access network
There were several interesting developments this week in the increasingly complex consolidation game unfolding in South Africa’s information and communications technology sector
MTN has appointed Suren Sooklal as group chief business risk officer, replacing Shauket Fakie, who is retiring after eight years with the group. Sooklal will take on the role effective immediately, MTN said. Sooklal joins MTN from PricewaterhouseCoopers
Things used to be simple: a life with MultiChoice or a life without it. But South African television viewers will soon be spoilt for choice, even if some options are more appealing than others — and some a lot more
