Vodacom Group has named a BP executive as its new MD to replace Shameel Joosub, who is now the CEO of Vodafone in Spain. The company has been without an MD of its most important operating subsidiary since the beginning of April
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“This is not an April fool’s joke. This is for real.” With those words, Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys took the wraps off Vodacom’s new red and white branding, bringing it in line with the corporate colours
Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys is interviewing candidates for the crucial position of Vodacom SA MD following the promotion of Shameel Joosub to the position of CEO of Vodafone’s operation in Spain
In the first TalkCentral podcast of 2011, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones find that that there is an enormous amount to chat about — surprisingly, given the silly season shutdown
Vodacom SA MD Shameel Joosub is poised to take a senior position at Vodafone España, TechCentral has established from two sources close to the SA cellular network operator. TechCentral reported on Monday that Joosub would leave Vodacom soon to take up a senior position at Vodafone in Europe
Vodacom appears to be about to lose one of its most senior executives, its SA MD Shameel Joosub, to parent Vodafone. TechCentral has learnt that Joosub is poised to take up a senior-level position at
Cell C does not deserve an asymmetrical interconnect rate 10 years after entering the market and the decision to offer the company asymmetry is “unfair”. That’s the view of MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar, who was reacting to the news that the
A judge in the North Gauteng High Court has overturned an interdict preventing Vodacom from disconnecting the customer lines it supplies to Gogga Tracking Solutions. In his ruling, Judge Neil Tuchten cites a number of irregularities in documents Gogga presented to the court and awards all legal costs to Vodacom. He criticises both Gogga and its legal counsel for their conduct during the case.
R5m. That’s how much Vodacom paid its former CEO, Alan Knott-Craig, to restrain him from working for or advising competitors in the telecommunications industry. He was paid this money after he retired. Included in the amount, which is disclosed in Vodacom’s 2010 annual financial report, released this week, is payment to Knott-Craig for any advice and assistance requested by his successor, Pieter Uys.
The cost of communicating on all three of SA’s mobile operators has risen, not fallen, despite the substantial reduction in wholesale mobile termination rates on 1 March, two industry executives have claimed. Howard Sackstein, CEO of telecommunications company Saicom, who has analysed a large range packages – both postpaid and prepaid – offered by