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A merger between AT&T and Vodafone would create the world’s largest telecommunications operator, but it could impact Vodacom.
In a bid to increase earnings, Vodacom has sold over a thousand phone towers to the George-Soros-backed Helios Towers Tanzania.
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/ 11 October 2011
BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were hit with internet service disruptions again after a glitch on Monday.
British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that annual net profit sank 7,8%, on a huge impairment charge for its operations.
Vodafone will buy out Indian partner Essar in a $5-billion deal that ratchets up its exposure to a mobile market that has proved challenging.
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/ 14 October 2010
Your internet service provider is best-placed to tell you where to register.
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/ 16 October 2009
Vodafone Group’s -million deal to buy a 70% stake in Ghana Telecoms should be renegotiated, a committee said on Friday.
Cellphone company Vodacom Group made a strong start as it debuted on the JSE on Monday.
Vodacom’s appearance on the bourses on Monday may go down as the listing that almost didn’t happen.
The High Court in Pretoria on Sunday ruled in favour of Vodacom and dismissed the application by Cosatu and Icasa to prevent its listing on the JSE.
The decision of Icasa to rescind its ruling on Telkom South Africa’s sale of its Vodacom shares to Vodafone was welcomed by Icasa on Friday.
Telkom, Vodacom, Vodafone and the Department of Communications are being taken to court by the Communication Workers’ Union, it said on Friday.
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/ 25 February 2009
The Competition Tribunal on Wednesday unconditionally approved the merger between cellphone companies Vodacom and Vodafone.
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/ 16 February 2009
The Competition Commission has recommended the approval of the proposed large merger between Vodafone and Vodacom, it said on Monday.
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/ 16 February 2009
Samsung unveiled the world’s first solar-powered cellphone, "Blue Earth", in front of curious crowds at an industry show in Barcelona on Monday.
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/ 6 November 2008
Vodafone, the world’s biggest mobile phone group by revenue, will take control of South Africa’s largest, Vodacom Group.
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/ 6 November 2008
It must be divorce season. First Mosiuoa Lekota announces his departure from the ANC and now Telkom has announced that they’re separating Vodacom.
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/ 19 October 2008
The cost of offshore borrowing for SA has jumped by 50% in recent weeks while foreigners have withdrawn R30-billion from the country since last month.
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/ 18 October 2008
Without Vodacom, Telkom is in for a rough ride, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 10 October 2008
Telkom said on Thursday its board and the government supported a bid by Britain’s Vodafone to buy Telkom’s stake in Vodacom Group.
British cellphone giant Vodafone said on Monday it had completed the purchase of a 70% stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications.
Zain Mobile is coming. The question is, will they partner with Telkom?
As the battle within the ANC rages on, the mixed messages emanating from Telkom’s head office suggest that it may be caught in a power struggle.
Shares of Italian broadband operator Tiscali jumped 10% on Tuesday after a report that Britain’s Vodafone Group could bid for the company. The cellphone company would make a bid in the next 24 hours to buy all of Tiscali, Italian daily MF reported, citing sources close to Vodafone.
Telecommunications heavyweight Telkom remained the talk of the town during the morning session on Monday as news of a potential buyout and negotiations with the UK’s Vodafone set pulses racing. However, the market as a whole was mixed as resources generally gained some ground, but banks felt the heat from a struggling
sector in the United Kingdom.
Telkom has had an offer from a Vodafone unit for its half of mobile operator Vodacom, while Mvelaphanda may lead a bid for the whole group minus the Vodacom stake, Telkom said on Monday. Shares in Telkom jumped over 15% to R158, the highest level in six months and valuing the company at R82,28-billion.
South Africa’s biggest cellphone operator, Vodacom, reported a rise in annual profit as it boosted subscriber numbers, parent company Telkom said on Tuesday. Telkom, Africa’s largest fixed-line telephone operator, said Vodacom had increased its total subscribers by 12,7% to 34-million in the year ended March.
Foreign investors buying Kenya’s Safaricom stock will pay a 0,5 shilling premium per share over the five Kenya shillings that domestic investors will be paying, the government announced on Wednesday. The offering generated over ,25-billion in bids from established institutional investors, Kenya’s privatisation commission said.