Newly appointed MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot. Image: (c) Aurelien Pierron MultiChoice Group announced a raft of executive leadership changes on Monday. Following the conclusion of its acquisition by France’s Groupe Canal+, the JSE-listed pay-television group has a new CEO, David Mignot, who replaces incumbent Calvo Mawela. Many are asking who Mignot is and what…
The telecommunications sector scored lowest in customer sentiment compared to other major industries in 2024, according to the PwC South African Telecommunications Sentiment Index, produced in collaboration with DataEQ. “Sentiment data offers a real-time lens into customer experience performance,” said Liska Kloppers, head of growth at DataEQ. “It empowers brands to act with precision, knowing…
Blue Label Telecoms views Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes as an “executor”. (Photograph by Nicola Mawson) JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, rebranding to Blu Label Unlimited to amplify the market’s focus on its units as it spins Cell C out via a JSE listing, has admitted it failed in its initial execution of its purchase of…
Thokozani Mvelase, CEO of COMRiC. As organised crime syndicates increasingly entrench their dominance, South Africa’s telecommunications sector players are struggling to lay new infrastructure. So said Thokozani Mvelase, CEO of Communication Risk Information Centre (COMRiC), highlighting that the telecoms sector is not immune to ‘extortionists’, as he described them. COMRiC is the non-profit organisation (NPO)…
The Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Despite being beaten down by years of U.S. trade restrictions, China’s telecom giant Huawei has quietly emerged as one of the country’s fiercest competitors across the entire AI landscape. Not only does the Shenzhen-based firm appear to represent Beijing’s answer…
Blue Label was co-founded and is led by co-CEOs Mark Levy and Brett Levy Blue Label Telecoms, the JSE-listed company that’s in the process of taking control of mobile operator Cell C, has announced it plans to change its name. The name change, which is still subject to shareholder approval, comes as the group undergoes…
Mr Price has released its financial results for the year ended March, 2025, highlighting impressive growth in its telecoms segment. This surge is partly attributed to the successful launch of its own smartphone brand, Salt. Read: Sociable: A new South African app reimagining social media Retail sales through Mr Price Cellular and Powercell saw a…
