South African-based business Sakeng is looking to officially debut a mobile virtual network operator, called Sakeng Mobile, in August.

The union says employees are cognisant of the company’s depressed financial position but they cannot be blamed for the liquidity challenges.

Unemployment in the country rose to 30.1% in the first quarter of 2020, with a number of local ICT firms having let go of thousands of employees.

Unions say they communicated their displeasure to Cell C management and hope to get an urgent meeting to engage on this matter.

The financially-constrained telco says a “difficult decision” has been reached and it has initiated discussions with the affected parties.

LG’s new K series mid-range line-up takes on Samsung’s Galaxy A-Series, Apple’s iPhone SE and Huawei’s P30 Lite.

Telecommunications specialist Huge Group appoints Stephen Morony as commercial director of its subsidiary Huge Telecom.

Junaid Munshi has over two decades of experience in telecoms spanning four countries, and will drive customer uptake and deliver growth across the business.

Cell C is the biggest casualty as local cellular networks have increasingly become undifferentiated when it comes to customer satisfaction, says Consulta.

The recapitalisation is an important pillar of Cell C’s turnaround and it is being thorough to ensure all conditions are met, says CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson.

The Competition Commission recommends conditional approval of the proposed acquisition of certain Cell C assets by Gatsby SPV.

The mobile operators have now reopened nearly all of their stores across South Africa under the level four lockdown conditions.