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6 hours ago

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni replaces Ndabeni-Abrahams as comms minister

President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffles minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams to small business development, making way for minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni to head up communications portfolio.

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

Yesterday

Next Vivo 5G-ready smartphone coming to SA

The Chinese smartphone brand unveils the V21 5G, its second smartphone that supports 5G to be available in the local market.

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

Yesterday

Market lauds Telkom as Maseko hands baton to Taukobong

Analysts believe Serame Taukobong is a good appointment who will calm market jitters initially caused by news of the incumbent CEO’s departure.

Wednesday

Serame Taukobong replaces Sipho Maseko as Telkom CEO

The company says the CEO designate is a seasoned executive with deep experience in the ITC sector in SA and on the rest of the continent.

Samuel Mungadze

Wednesday

MTN eyes LTE expansion in ECape with R170m investment

The additional investment provided to the Eastern Cape will allow the mobile operator to grow its LTE footprint to close to 93% in the province by the end of 2021.

Wednesday

Telkom targets adjacent markets as mobile surge continues

The telephony group is going strong, having produced a stellar performance in the quarter, as revenues in the consumer segment ticked up.

Samuel Mungadze

Tuesday

Adapt IT to make call on CEO Sbu Shabalala’s fate

All eyes are on the company, as markets and shareholders await an update on when the CEO will resume his duties amid takeover proceedings.

Samuel Mungadze

Tuesday

Herotel connects 100K houses, businesses to fibre

The fibre network operator says this comes on the back of ongoing investments in the core and transmission network.

Tuesday

ZTE, China Telecom take the lead in 5G commercial verification

The companies have jointly completed 5G commercial verification on the 40MHz 2.1GHz frequency band.

ZTE Corporation South Africa

Tuesday

MTN Group clears first hurdle in US in terrorism case

A US court rules it has no jurisdiction to hear a terrorism case brought against MTN Group in that country.

Samuel Mungadze

Monday

MTN Nigeria sheds 7.6m subscribers as regulator clamps down

The stringent regulations on new SIM sales and activations in Nigeria cost the telco millions of mobile and data subscribers.

Samuel Mungadze

Monday

White paper: Biometrics for telecoms

Improving customer authentication and fraud prevention.

Nuance Communications

29 Jul

DStv gains traction with Netflix, Amazon Prime add-ons

The pay-TV video entertainment giant sees growth in subscribers accessing third-party streaming services through its platform.