Telkom to impair legacy assets
Telkom’s board of directors is considering impairing the carrying value of the group’s legacy network. For considerable time, the price at which Telkom shares have been trading has been significantly lower than their net asset value (NAV). At the last reporting date,...DFA scoops SatCom award
Local open access dark fibre infrastructure provider, Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), has been awarded the prestigious “Backhaul Provider of the Year 2013” at last week’s SatCom Awards. SatCom 2013, Africa’s satellite, telecommunications and broadcast expo, was held...Technology and the work-life balance
The number of mobile Internet devices is set to outnumber humans by the end of this year. This means there will be more smartphones and Internet-connected tablets and monitors than there are people on the planet, writes Joanne Bushell, VP: Africa for Regus. Africa...Consensus top Ricoh distributor in SA
Consensus, a Ricoh SA Platinum Partner, has won distributor of the year at Ricoh SA’s annual Indirect Distributors Sales Conference held in Johannesburg recently. The distributor, which operates three branches, one in Rustenburg, another in Klerksdorp and a third in...Strong African growth for mobile payments
Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will reach $235,4-billion in 2013, a 44% increase from 2012 values of $163,1-billion, according to Gartner. The number of mobile payment users worldwide will reach 245,2-million in 2013, up from 200,8-million in 2012....