With a fixed-line business under pressure, an IT services company feeling the pinch and a mobile business facing strong competition, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has a difficult road ahead of him. By Duncan McLeod.
Not enough attention is paid to the extent to which Vodacom, the country’s largest mobile operator, leverages resources from (and executes the global strategy of) parent Vodafone.
Vodafone Group returned to sales growth in the second quarter as its toughest European market of Spain showed signs of improvement, in a boost for CEO Nick Read.
Four payments companies that have joined Facebook as founding members of the Libra Association are wavering over whether to officially sign on to the cryptocurrency project.
There’s a threat looming on the horizon for cloud giants Amazon.com, Microsoft and Google, quite literally at the edge of the network.
Vodafone Group plans to carve out its phone towers into a separate unit and consider an initial public offering, as it seeks to sell substantial stakes in the business to lower its debt.
MTN Group has hired another top executive from Vodacom Group, saying on Wednesday that is has appointed Yolanda Cuba as its new chief digital and fintech officer.
Facebook is to launch a cryptocurrency next year – backed by the likes of Mastercard, Visa and PayPal – which will allow people to move money from their smartphones.
Phone companies are scrapping plans to sell Huawei handsets as the impact of a US supply ban spreads, threatening to impede the Chinese technology giant’s global smartphone ambitions.
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews IoT.nxt co-founder and CEO Nico Steyn about the recently announced acquisition by Vodacom Group of 51% of the company.
