A 2019 survey of close to 400 local IT decision makers revealed that 77% of South African businesses are using cloud services within their IT environments. And with several big brands planning to open local data centres in the near future – Microsoft were first out the gates opening theirs in March – interest inRead more
Networks of the Future – How 5G could transform the financial services industry The first generation of mobile networks, 1G entered the market back in the 1980’s. In that time, mobile devices were cumbersome and used solely for voice communication. They were gadgets of the wealthy, usually it was only top businessmen and the like whoRead more
A South African billionaire is taking local telcos to task for out-of-bundle charges, according to an article from MyBroadband. Dubbing these charges “force feed payments”, Wendy Appelbaum, owner and chair of De Morgenzon Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, believes that cellular companies fail to warn subscribers when they’ve reached their monthly limit. And then forces themRead more
According to recent reports, Blue Label Telecoms is planning to acquire 35% of Cell C for R4 billion. This will be part of a major restructuring for the telecoms operator with current controlling shareholder, Oger Telecom, diluting its stake from 75% to about 27%. The proposed deal will also see Cell C employees acquiring aRead more
The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal prohibit a merger which would allow MTN to acquire certain Radio Access Network (RAN) assets of Telkom. The proposed deal, which has been under discussion since March 2014, would have involved a network management services agreement and reciprocal roaming agreements. The commission found that while theRead more
