Knott-Craig comments on MTR action
As MTN and Vodacom prepare to tackle Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) in court this week over its decision to implement new mobile termination rates (MTR), Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has issued the following statement: “It is no...Ericsson, Ringgold in BBBEE partnership
Ericsson South Africa has entered into a shareholding agreement with Ringgold Consortium, whereby Ringgold has acquired a 25,1% equity stake in the company as its broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) partner. Chaired by Gift Mphefu, Ringgold Consortium was...Philips sets up African innovation hub
Royal Philips is to establish an Africa Innovation Hub in Nairobi, Kenya that will work both on the creation of new inventions, as well as bringing these inventions to market. The Philips Africa Innovation Hub will do application-focused scientific and user studies to...Chinese firms get innovative, file patents
Innovation instead of imitation has become the policy of Chinese companies, with even young Chinese organisations rushing to file patents for their ideas and products. Economists from Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Munich Innovation Group have analysed...Legacy Project schools to get connected
Minister of Communications Yunus Carrim and Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Tembisa Ndabeni, in partnership with the Department of Basic Education, Telkom and Intel, will launch the 2010 Fifa World Cup Legacy Project on the schools e-connectivity in...