ARTICLES RELATING TO
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
India's Tata Communications is to up its holding in Neotel, South Africa's second fixed-line phone operator.
Electronics firm Reunert's tie-up with ECN Telecommunications has been given the green light by the Competition Tribunal.
A R1.1bn loss from its mobile business and costs from staff severance packages have dragged down Telkom's profit for the year.
The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia downgraded its second quarter outlook, saying sales would be far lower than expected.
The government will not get rid of its 13% slice of Vodacom as it is a significant contributor to the fiscus says the communications minister.
The Guinean government has confirmed that MTN will pay it €15m after its assets were seized in a dispute over fees from a 2007 acquisition.
Mobile operator MTN Group say it has resolved a fee row with the government of Guinea that had seen the west African country seize its assets there.
An increase in subscribers in Iran and Nigeria in the first quarter helped MTN keep ahead of competitors.
An unresolved dispute over payment of $22m to the Guinean government has led to the freezing of MTN's operations.
Telkom's former acting CEO Jeffrey Hedberg has taken a top post at the Altech Group.
Vodacom has refuted claims by the Communications Workers Union that it plans to retrench call centre staff.
Mobile telecomunications giant, Nokia, has filed a further complaint with the International Trade Commission alleging additional patents infringements by Apple.
A Telkom line problem gives Simon Dingle a nasty glimpse of what telecoms used to be.
Undersea cable operator Seacom says Egypt's political problems have delayed approvals for its cable running in the Red Sea.
An internet guru says by 2013 demand for services will outstrip supply.
