Pinnacle earnings decline as revenue grows
Pinnacle Holdings has issued a trading statement alerting shareholders to the likelihood of its earnings declining for the six months to 31 December, despite an increase in revenue. Revenue is expected to grow 14% to 15% but headline earnings will likely be down 16%...Blue Label increases revenue, earnings
Blue Label Telecoms has increased its headline earnings per share by 15% to 42.73 cents for the six months ended 30 November 2014. The growth was achieved in spite of the group’s share of losses in Blue Label Mexico increasing by R14,5-million, which negatively...Standard Bank ready for smartcard ID rollout
Standard Bank has confirmed that it will roll out new smartcard IDs at branches countrywide, as announced by the Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, earlier this week. Sibongiseni Ngundze, head of retail banking at Standard Bank, says: “We always aim to put...Airtel Niger, Ericsson deploy 3G network
Airtel, Niger’s leading mobile service provider, has named Ericsson as their exclusive 3G HSPA end-to-end hardware, software and related service vendor in Niger Republic. The deployment of the state of the art 3G end-to-end network complements the telecom operator’s...