Dimension Data, the SA technology group now owned by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) Corp, remains on the prowl for acquisitions following the recent purchase of US-based cloud computing specialist OpSource. CEO Brett Dawson says the group
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Dimension Data is diving head first into the cloud. The SA-headquartered company, which was acquired last year by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) Corp in a R24,4bn all-cash deal, has bought OpSource, an
Barely a decade after he sold his Cape Town Internet security business Thawte Consulting to the US’s Verisign for US$575m, software billionaire Mark Shuttleworth has hit pay dirt again in this week’s acquisition by Visa of local mobile
Dimension Data is eyeing a number of acquisitions and other investment opportunities in conjunction with its new parent, Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corp. Didata executive chairman Jeremy Ord
Later this year, SA’s telecommunications regulator will hold an auction to sell valuable chunks of radio frequency spectrum that can be used to deliver the next generation of wireless broadband. If done right
Dimension Data will suspend trade of its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The suspension comes the group prepares to be bought of Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corp for R24,4bn in cash.
About 93% of Dimension Data shareholders have approved the sale of the listed IT group to Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corp, clearing the way for its delisting from the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges.
London- and Johannesburg-listed IT group Dimension Data is stepping up its presence in New Zealand with the acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, of IT services business Integral Axon Computer Services. The private held company
With more than half a dozen SA operators rolling out their own national networks, consolidation in SA’s telecommunications industry looks inevitable. There’s a chance Cell C and Dimension Data could be the ones to kick it off. Didata division Internet Solutions looks a bit like the odd man out these days. The converged service provider, which remains a powerful force in the corporate market, is the only big player in its space that doesn’t have its own significant investment in telecoms infrastructure.
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan and the SA Reserve Bank have both given the green light to the R24,4bn all-cash acquisition of SA IT group Dimension Data by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT). Didata said on Friday that both parties had approved the offer.