Telecommunications

An assessment of consumer behavior from before the Covid-19 period up to June 2022 reveals that FNB retail customers have increased their spend on entertainment streaming services by about 70%. …

Civil servants will lose Sh2 billion weekly from October after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) set the date for trimming public workers’ juicy allowances. SRC chairperson Lyn Mengich said …

On Monday, Tech Firms Thales, Qualcomm and Ericsson unveiled a plan to allow smartphones to communicate directly with satellites, a “space-based network” they hope will bring connectivity to the entire …

MyBroadband Insights’s second quarter (Q2 2022) mobile network quality report has ranked MTN as the best mobile network in South Africa according to its speed and network quality score. The …

Airtel Africa disclosed Friday it has settled nearly half of its $1 billion guaranteed senior notes set for maturity in May 2024, barely a fortnight after it made a call for redemption to …

Video-sharing sensation TikTok is being sued in California after children died while taking part in a “Blackout Challenge” that makes a sport of choking oneself until passing out. The lawsuit …

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media …

Huge Group, JSE-listed telecommunications company says its rationale for acquiring Tethys Mobile, previously Virgin Mobile South Africa, is the subsequent ownership of its software and technology platform and the intellectual …

Twitter stock dropped 4% in pre-market trading on Friday after the Washington Post reported Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy the social media company is “in serious jeopardy.” The post …

Mara Phones in South Africa, whose future became uncertain when its factory and equipment were placed on auction earlier this year, has just been acquired by a group of investors. …