Vodacom has performed far more consistently on the stock market than its two principal listed rivals, MTN and Telkom, generating a positive return for shareholders over not only the past 30 and 90 days, but also over a one-year and five-year period. The worst performer
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Vodacom is in talks with Netflix and other local and international video-on-demand players with a view to them utilising the company’s billing infrastructure to provide consumers with flat-rate
The resignation of MTN CEO Sifiso Dabengwa is a “loss to the industry”, says Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub. Dabengwa joined MTN in 2004 as the company’s CEO in Nigeria. He then
South Africa’s biggest mobile network Vodacom wants a regulatory approach to data-driven over-the-top applications such as Facebook-owned WhatsApp. WhatsApp has grown to over 10m
Telkom has confirmed one of the telecommunications industry’s worst-kept secrets: that it is in talks to buy Cell C. “Telkom is currently performing a due diligence on Cell C,” the company said in a statement to shareholders issued before markets opened on Monday morning
Vodacom’s group data revenues grew by more than a third in the past year, helping lift total revenue by 6,4% in the six months ended 30 September 2015. Group active subscribers increased by 6,8% to 65,1m in the same period. Strongest growth came from
Over-the-top services such as Internet messaging application WhatsApp, are eating Vodacom’s “lunch” but the company has no plan to block the service. This is according to group CEO Shameel Joosub.
Alan Knott-Craig will step down as CEO of the not-for-profit Wi-Fi company at the end of the year in order to focus his energies on his new business, HeroTel. Current Isizwe chief operating officer Zahir Khan will take the reins from Knott-Craig on 1 January
The Sunday Times Top 100 Companies list, announced on Tuesday evening, has ranked the top performing companies on the JSE over the past five years. Technology group EOH has
Government should consider using the R2bn from selling its stake in Vodacom to fund universities’ funding shortfall, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. Another R1bn could be allocated from the skills levy surplus, or the R720m allocated to the international