Telecommunications

MTN Group on Friday entered into discussions to acquire Telkom. The news sent Telkom’s share price rocketing higher. MTN has long been interested in Telkom, with market talk about discussions …

Social media site Twitter saw a major outage affecting users globally on Thursday – its first major incident of this kind since February.  The outage lasted for close to an …

Netflix has partnered with Microsoft to launch a cheaper subscription plan that includes advertisements, the firms said Wednesday, as the streaming giant fights to attract customers. Netflix opted to develop …

Dotgo, a Gupshup company, and the leading provider of Rich Communication Services solutions for business messaging, has announced the launch of RBM Hub. The launch of the RBM Hub expands …

On Wednesday, July 13 FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., one of the world’s largest express transport firms announced it is launching eight new flights from the Philippines to …

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 …