Telecom
S Africa sells Vodacom stake for $2 bn to raise cash for power utility
02 Jul 2015
The S African government has sold its entire stake in mobile phone operator Vodacom Group Ltd to raise funds needed to bail out struggling power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
European Union bans roaming charges after June 2017
01 Jul 2015
Telecommunications companies in the EU would be banned from charging premiums for roaming services starting June 2017
Father of SMS, Matti Makkonen dies, aged 63
01 Jul 2015
Though Matti Makkonen is widely credited with having fathered SMS technology, he himself said that the development was a joint effort and not his sole work
Airtel ranked world's 3rd-larget mobile firm
30 Jun 2015
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator by subscribers and revenues, has emerged as the third-largest mobile operator in the world behind China Mobile and Vodafone Plc
Bharti joins OneWeb, invests $500 million to buy minority stake
25 Jun 2015
Airtel hopes to leverage the investment by becoming a preferred distributor of OneWeb’s satellite-based internet services across its operations in 20 countries in Asia and Africa
