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Telkom seeks to loosen expansion restrictions on Vodacom

South African telecoms group Telkom, which is a 50% shareholder in South Africa’s leading cellular operator, Vodacom, was engaged in discussions with UK giant Vodafone, its partner in Vodacom, to loosen merger-and-acquisition restrictions on...

By: Mariaan Webb

05 Jun 06

Breaking News

MTN widens Middle East stake, buys out mobile firm

Africa's biggest mobile operator MTN has announced its intention to buy out a Middle Eastern cellular company for R34-billion. In a note to the JSE on Tuesday morning, the South African-based cellular group said that its board had reached...

By: Nicola Mawson

02 May 06

Telecoms

African cell giant continues with big investment drive

Despite having invested almost R70-billion in cash into new international operations during the nine months to December 2005, South African-based telecoms group MTN still enjoys a “respectable” debt-equity ratio, with ample capital in...

By: Liezel Hill

07 Apr 06

Breaking News

Nigeria land of opportunity for SA business, says Chamber

First it was cellular provider MTN, often billed as Nigeria's cellular success story, that made it big in Nigeria. Now it may be the turn of cinema company Nu Metro, which reveals that it will be making its own foray into the West African country...

By: Nicola Mawson

30 Mar 06

Breaking News

MTN weighs risks, rewards of Iran entry

Last year, the MTN group announced that it would be opening shop in Iran in 2006. But have the prospects of a good profit harvest been shrivelled by growing political rumblings over Iran's nuclear programme? Having paid a €300-million licence...

By: peter cromberge

27 Feb 06

Engineering & Manufacturing

SA businesses in Iran face uncertain times

The global tensions that are simmering as a result of Iran�s decision to pursue atomic research are bound to be causing anxiety among the South African companies that have operations in Iran.

By: peter cromberge

17 Feb 06

News This Week

MTN plans market-share fight back in South Africa

Mobile-telecoms group MTN is preparing a market-acquisition fight back in South Africa after admitting to being ‘unhappy’ with subscriber-growth performance in its home market in the six months to September 30.

By: Terence Creamer

02 Dec 05

Breaking News

MTN plans SA market-share fight back

Mobile-telecoms group MTN is preparing a market-acquisition fight back in South Africa after admitting to being 'unhappy' with subscriber-growth performance in its home market in the six months to September 30.

By: Terence Creamer

25 Nov 05

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