Cell C is in active discussions with SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon Leo to resell their satellite broadband products and explore potential direct-to-device mobile connectivity. Confirming the confidential talks, CEO Jorge Mendes framed the negotiations as part of a “network-agnostic” strategy, viewing satellite and terrestrial infrastructure as complementary layers within a consolidated “network of networks.” Read:…
Cell C is in discussions with SpaceX’s Starlink and with Amazon Leo about both reselling their satellite broadband products and a possible direct-to-device offering, CEO Jorge Mendes said. Mendes would not give details, saying the talks remain confidential. “We’re in discussions with Starlink. We’re in discussions with Amazon. We’re in discussions with everybody,” he said,…
MTN and Vodacom are structurally constrained from competing hard for mobile virtual network operator hosting business, Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has argued, because at their market shares an aggressive wholesale push would cost them retail customers to their own wholesale clients. “If I had an 80% market share, I would not be going into…
Cell C’s second-half performance provides a clearer picture of its underlying business following the restructuring and listing transactions. (Image supplied) Cell C is targeting revenue growth in the upper-single-digit range in its 2027 financial year, after adding 1.3 million subscribers, growing wholesale revenue by about 20% and cutting net debt by 64% in its first…
Cell C’s 5G network is live and is available to customers today. CEO Jorge Mendes disclosed this in an interview with TechCentral on Friday, and only in response to a direct question. “I’m telling you this because you’re asking me the question,” he said. “Otherwise, strategically, we’ll launch it with propositions.” Any Cell C customer…
Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes Cell C’s wholesale division grew revenue 20% to R1.76-billion in the year to 31 May 2026, adding 1.2 million mobile virtual network operator subscribers. Data traffic from those MVNO users rose 131%, against 47% growth across the group as a whole. It was comfortably the strongest performance in the group….
The expected significant decline in reported earnings comes as Blu Label continues to account for the complex restructuring of Cell C. (Image source: iStock) Blu Label Unlimited expects earnings per share (EPS), headline earnings per share (HEPS) and core HEPS to fall by more than 20% for the year ended 31 May, as accounting effects…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Blu Label joint CEOs, Mark and Brett Levy reflect on building the company from car radios and prepaid vouchers to a diversified technology giant, while discussing Cell C’s turnaround, entrepreneurship, energy ambitions, leadership lessons and South Africa’s digital future. #CellC #Entrepreneurship #JSE Blu Label Unlimited, the majority shareholder in…
Kampala, Scidev.Net — As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the United States and Europe remains financially out of reach for most patients in Africa. Ayoola Olajide, president of Ikorodu Sickle Cell Club in Nigeria and a person living with sickle cell…
Blu Label Unlimited Group co-CEO Brett Levy Blu Label Unlimited Group has declared its first interim dividend in eight years, signalling it is finally putting the long and costly Cell C chapter behind it. The group, formerly known as Blue Label Telecoms, declared an interim dividend of 43.56c/share for the six months to end-November 2025,…
