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Ongoing loadshedding and muted economic growth is impacting MTN South Africa’s (MTN SA’s) growth. During the first quarter of 2023, JSE-listed MTN Group reported that loadshedding had slowed MTN...
MTN Sudan is experiencing a complete network outage after the main switch sites in Manshia and Garden City shut down owing to fuel shortages and grid power cuts. The operator, in an update to...
More than 190 countries that are members of global industry body the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunication Standardisation Sector (ITU-T) have approved the OneM2M...
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in Saudi Arabia, is developing new, energy-efficient, high-speed Internet systems that could deliver cost-effective and high quality...
Telecommunications group MTN Uganda has achieved double-digit growth during the first quarter of 2023. The group’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased...
MTN Nigeria’s first quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) expanded 17.7% to N302.7-billion during the first quarter of 2023. While the group’s Ebitda margin...
Telecommunications services provider Corridor Africa Technologies has implemented a number of measures to combat telecommunications infrastructure theft and vandalism. The urgency of the situation...
Telecommunications giant MTN has been named South Africa’s most valuable brand for the twelfth time in the past thirteen years, according to brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance’s latest...
Energy and telecommunications cable systems company Prysmian Group has launched the first optical cables certified green and Eco Cable-labelled. The Eco Cable label is said to be the first...
Pan-African data centre developer and operator Raxio Group has secured a a $33-million sustainability-linked debt facility commitment from the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), which will...
Vodacom and Cassava Technologies are among a total of eight companies pledging a collective R81.056-billion of investments into global business services, information and communication technology...
Cassava Technologies has pledged R4.5-billion in investment in South Africa through its business units, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Africa Data Centres and Distributed Power Africa. The...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has finalised the full set of ten Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plans (RFSAPs) for high-demand spectrum after publishing the...
Internet service provider (ISP) RocketNet is encouraging consumers to leverage uncapped data products using fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) for Internet access and believes there are creative avenues to...
The International Data Corporation’s (IDC’s) yearly South Africa CIO Summit will take place on May 18 at the Sandton Convention Centre under the theme ‘Enabling the Digital Economy’s Leaders’. The...
Altron subsidiary vehicle tracking and telematics company Netstar and Vodacom Business have partnered to deploy a free in-taxi connectivity service, WiTaxi, for commuters. This partnership, a...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has appointed councillor Yolisa Kedama as its acting chairperson from April 4 to September 30, or until a chairperson is appointed....
MTN South Africa has accelerated its drive to ensure a resilient network as many of its towers are, in some cases, completely stripped, with the company spending over R1.5-billion this year. Teams...
Telecommunications and managed services provider Seacom has appointed Alpheus Mangale, as group CEO, effective April 1, succeeding Oliver Fortuin, who resigned in March. Mangale, a seasoned...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is actively in the process of identifying the constraints service providers are facing amid persistent loadshedding and identifying...
Technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies is expanding its footprint into the Egyptian market after acquiring Cairo-headquartered technology company Cysiv MEA. Liquid, with cloud and...
The hunt for a new CEO for telecommunications group Cell C is under way following the resignation of Douglas Craigie Stevenson. Craigie Stevenson will step down as CEO, effective March 31, 2023,...
Telkom, South Africa's third-largest mobile operator, has appointed former Industrial Development Corporation CEO Mvuleni Geoffrey Qhena as its new board chair with effect from 1 April. Telkom had...
Telecommunications group MTN has undertaken a proof of concept for a first-of-its-kind fifth-generation (5G) Stand Alone Core fully deployed in Microsoft Azure. The group now aims to use the proof...
Information and communications technology group Telkom and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have partnered to establish a commercial research and development facility dedicated to...
Prescient Investment Management (PIM) has reached financial close with independent telecommunications infrastructure company Eagle Towers SA for the provision of a R100-million facility, unlocking...
South Africans can now make free real-time payments of up to R3 000 between bank accounts using the PayShap free payment system introduced by regulator the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the...
JSE-listed MTN Group has increased its dividend as it reports a strong financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2022. During the year under review, MTN achieved a 3.8 percentage point...
Ten schools in underserved communities have been selected out of 51 nationally to participate in Phase 2 of electronic equipment multinational Samsung South Africa's Solve for Tomorrow school...
All five of African telecommunications company Paratus' data centres have been awarded ISO 9001 quality management, ISO 27001 information security and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards...
Chat commerce and business messaging firm Clickatell has launched its Chat 2 Pay feature for integrated communications company Telkom to unlock the convenience of safe and effortless mobile...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Mondli Gungubele as Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, effective March 6. Amid changes made to South Africa’s various ministries, the new...
Microsoft Corp has reached a deal with Africa's biggest independent fiber network toward its goal of expanding internet access on the continent, its president Brad Smith said. The agreement, with...
JSE-listed MTN Group on Wednesday said that it expects to deliver a 35% to 45% increase in earnings per share (EPS) for the year ended December 31, 2022. In a trading update to shareholders, it...
Telecommunications giant MTN Group and information and communications technology (ICT) group Huawei have joined forces to strengthen strategic cooperation in environmental, social and governance...
As South Africa’s persistent loadshedding shows no signs of abating, the country’s telecommunications companies are having to ramp up mitigation measures in an effort to keep consumers connected....
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