The energy crisis that South Africa has been going through for several months is affecting all sectors of the economy. Telecom operators are exploring options to keep their telecom towers running. The South African telecom company MTN SA wants to bring in foreign electrical engineers for the maintenance of its telecom towers in a context of...
Data-only network Rain is looking to rake in R2 billion in earnings, as it forges ahead with plans to “soon” launch a mobile offering. This emerged when Rain’s shareholder, billionaire Patrice Motsepe-controlled African Rainbow Capital (ARC) today published its interim financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2022. In a statement, ARC says...
In South Africa, the new Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday March 6, met the bosses of the telecom industry. He explained that the purpose of the meeting was to “ understand their energy needs related to the protection of their assets and the efficiency of their operations ”, in the...
The use of social networks is growing rapidly in South Africa. The operator wants to take advantage of this channel to improve access to its services and increase its revenues. Subscribers of South African mobile operator Telkom can now make financial payments directly in the WhatsApp mobile instant messaging app. This new feature is based on the...
MTN Group has moved to quantify the impact of load shedding on its South African operation’s earnings, saying on Monday that Eskom’s woes cost it R695-million in Ebitda in the 2022 financial year. The group said this is 3.4% of MTN South Africa’s Ebitda, or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, in the 12 months...
Chat commerce and business messaging leader Clickatell has launched their Chat 2 Pay feature for South African integrated communications company, Telkom. As a result Telkom’s customer base can use the Chat 2 Pay pay-by-link capability to make payments in WhatsApp. Telkom post-paid and prepaid customers can pay their phone and xDSL/fibre bills, and buy airtime,...
President Cyril Ramaphosa surprised the ICT sector on Monday evening by replacing his communications minister. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has received a big promotion, moving to the presidency, where she will be responsible for “various tasks ranging from state security” to managing GCIS – currently under the department of communications – as well as “various other tasks I...
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has warned that fibre network operators in South Africa shouldn’t assume customers want to receive free speed upgrades and should give them the option of paying less to keep their line speed unchanged. The association, which represents many of South Africa’s ISPs, said on Monday that although speed upgrades are...
New York-listed IHS Holding is weighing a bid for Telkom’s tower unit, according to people familiar with the matter. Deliberations are focused on the structure of the potential deal, although Telkom remains open to offers from other companies and there is no guarantee IHS will buy the unit, according to the people, who asked not to be...
The second phase of the SA Connect project has been approved for implementation in February 2022. It should guarantee access to broadband for both populations and essential public institutions, in a context of digital transformation accelerated. The South African Department of Communications will receive an additional allocation of R3 billion ($163 million) in the financial...
