Author: Duncan McLeod

The impact of three undersea broadband cable breaks off Africa’s west coast has been largely offset.

MTN South Africa is targeting 99% network availability during stage-6 load shedding, the CEO of parent MTN Group said.

MTN South Africa is weathering the impact of Eskom’s load shedding, but at a cost to its profit margins.

CIVH, Remgro and Vodacom are prepared to make more concessions to get their Maziv deal over the line.

The Competition Commission has recommended that Vodacom’s acquisition of a stake in fibre operator Maziv be blocked.

The Competition Commission’s decision to seek to block the Maziv deal is “not the end of the process”, Vodacom said.

Two subsea broadband cable breaks, one on Wacs and the other on Sat-3, have resulted in slow international connectivity.

Vuma Key is “probably the most exciting thing” Vumatel is doing, a top executive at parent company Maziv has said.

DStv Extra Stream is a new feature that gives DStv subscribers an additional streaming option – for a fee.

The Competition Commission has found that Google’s dominance in internet search “distorts platform competition”.