South Africa

Tanzania has moved ahead of other major markets in Sub-Saharan Africa in the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting following the switch off of analogue transmitters in Dar... 2013-01-03

Africa's macroeconomic outlook is one of the bright spots of the global economy - and its mobile markets are no exception. There has been rapid growth in mobile subscriptions in recent... 2012-12-21

Russia's Vimpel Communications (VimpelCom) is planning to sell some of its underperforming operations in Africa and Asia as part of an initiative to reduce its debt pile and allow it... 2012-10-30

Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry device, is looking to Africa for new growth opportunities amid intense competition from major rivals in its traditional markets. RIM's... 2012-10-01

MTN Group announced in September that it will spend ZAR7bn (US$) on its South African network infrastructure in 2013, an increase of 40% from 2012. The company has just expanded its... 2012-09-27

South Africa's telecoms regulator has fined Telkom ZAR449mn for using its dominant position to 'bully' potential competitors. However, the fine was reduced considerably, from ZAR3.5bn.... 2012-08-09

Regional mobile operator MTN has announced a 17.5% rise in half year revenues. The company reported ZAR66.426bn (US$8.112bn) in revenues and ZAR12.221bn in profit after tax, a rise... 2012-08-08

Saudi Arabia's incumbent Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC), along with Oger Telecom and Malaysia-based Maxis Group, has selected Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson as one of the... 2012-07-23

Telkom SA, South Africa's incumbent telecoms operator, plans to upgrade and expand its fixed broadband service across the country. The project is part of a new strategic focus, termed... 2012-06-27

KT Corp has agreed to purchase a 20% stake in Telkom South Africa for ZAR2.68bn, a move that will dilute the South African government's stake to less than 50%. The price is around ZAR1.1bn... 2012-05-09