7 May 2012
The announcement by Cell C Business last week to introduce its ‘Anynet’ package, tailored for fixed cellular, is set to be a game changer in the telecom’s market, says James Herbst.
1 September 2011 - Huge Group
The company confirms that the board of directors has approved and published the Group Annual Financial Statements and Annual Financial Statements of the company for the year ended 28 February 2011. Furthermore, the company confirms that there was no change to the Provisional Condensed Group Financial Results of the Company for the year ended 28 February 2011 which were released on SENS on 28 June 2011.
Shareholders are advised that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders will be held at 10:00 on Friday, 28 October 2011 in the Boardroom, 146a Kelvin Drive, Woodmead, Johannesburg.
28 June 2011 - Huge Group
The board of directors ("the Board") of Huge is pleased to present the condensed reviewed financial results for the year ended 28 February 2011.
26 November 2010 - Huge Group
Huge Group, an AltX-listed investment holding company which is focused on building shareholder value and specialises in telecommunications and media, today reported unaudited results for the six months ended 31 August 2010. Huge reported a 275% increase in basic earnings per share, turning from a loss of 5.43 cents per share in August 2009 to earnings of 9.49 cents per share in the first half of this financial year.
The net asset value per share rose 19% to 272 cents per share.
29 October 2010 - Huge Group
Huge Group today welcomed the announcement by ICASA of an impending drop in interconnect rates between telecommunications providers in South Africa.
8 October 2010 - Huge Group
Steve Tredoux, a director of Huge Group since August 2008, has accepted the position of non-executive chairman of the Group.
Tredoux replaces Anton Potgieter, who has handed over the post of executive chairman after holding the position since the resignation of the previous chairman in July 2007.
1 June 2010 - Huge Group
A marked turnaround at Huge Group in the second half of the year turned an interim loss into a year-end net profit of R8 million.
10 December 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Telecom announced today that they have signed an agreement with CMC Networks to provide a comprehensive set of converged services to South African businesses.
26 November 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group announced the launch of its latest operating subsidiary, Huge Media, in Johannesburg today.
12 November 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group is pleased to announce that its dispute with the JSE has ended after the JSE announced it had imposed a public censure but no fine on the company.
12 October 2009 - Huge Group
As part of Huge Telecom’s promise to source and deliver market leading solutions directly to its customers, it has signed an agreement with NGN Telecoms.
17 September 2009 - Huge Group
Managed Telecoms provider, Huge Telecom, and ECN, an Alternative Network provider have signed an agreement which would see Huge adding ECN’s voice products into its portfolio of services.
31 August 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group, an AltX listed company specialising in managed telecommunications, today reported that its revenues for the year ended 28 February 2009 had increased by a further R2,7 million with the auditing of the year-end results.
26 August 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Telecom announced today that they have appointed cellular routing pioneer Greg Wright to head up their newly created Channel and Distribution division at Huge.
24 July 2009 - Huge Group
The introduction of Seacom has been met with great excitement and expectancy.
2 July 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group has welcomed Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s approach to bringing down the cost of telecommunications in South Africa.
1 June 2009 - Merchantec Research
Equity Research Report
29 May 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group, an AltX listed company specialising in managed telecommunications, today reported increases in its customer base, revenue and gross profit as it expanded its operations.
6 May 2009 - Huge Group
The Huge Wide Ride charity cycle has successfully reached its destination, and has raised over
R160 000 for an 8-year old girl suffering from a rare condition.
15 April 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group announced yesterday that it has made significant progress in its subsidiary Huge
Telecom in its quest to make the Group more environmentally sustainable.
7 April 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group Ltd has announced its second acquisition this year, of the business of African Paradigm Communications, trading as One Communications (OneCom) and VoCall, for an undisclosed sum.
3 April 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group today announced the possibility of a private equity offer to be made equally to all shareholders at a significant premium to the current share price and backed by an unnamed financial investor seeking a significant shareholding in the company.
24 March 2009 - Fin24
JSE-listed telecommunications firm Huge Group's acquisition of a controlling stake in cellphone advertising company Eyeballs positions it well in the growing mobile
market, says an analyst.
23 March 2009 - Bizcommunity
The Huge Group, an investment holding company, announced on Friday, 20 March 2009 that it has secured a
majority stake in mobile advertising startup Eyeballs Mobile Advertising.
23 March 2009 - IT-Online
Huge Group has secured a majority stake in mobile advertising start-up, Eyeballs Mobile Advertising.
23 March 2009 - iWeek
Huge Group reports that it has found a way to buy back 16.07% of of its shares, so lifting pro-forma earnings per share and net asset value per share.
18 March 2009 - ITWeb
Despite a global and financial credit crisis, Huge Group has found a way to repurchase 16.07% of its own shares, thereby lifting pro-forma earnings per share, and net asset value per share at 31 August 2008, by 19.14%.
18 March 2009 - Huge Group
Huge Group directors, James Herbst and Anton Potgieter, have hit back at allegations of a related party transaction, stating that the case is not cut and dried as this would have resulted in the JSE taking action much sooner.
17 March 2009 - Summit TV
18 February 2009 - ITWeb
The Huge Group, which owns managed telecommunications service provider, Huge Telecom, has announced three new board appointments, which it believes will enable the group to take advantage of the changing business landscape in South Africa.
17 February 2009 - IT-Online
The Huge Group, which owns managed telecommunications service provider Huge Telecom, has announced three new board appointments which it believes will enable the group to take advantage of the changing business landscape in South Africa.
6 January 2009 - Engineering News Online
Telecommunications firm the Huge Group has bought back 3,88% of its shares for R5,57-million over the past five months.
10 December 2008 - Business Day
Telecoms company the Huge Group has been thwarted in its bid to take part in hearings to determine whether MTN will be allowed to acquire an airtime distribution company.
10 December 2008 - Business Report
The competition tribunal yesterday dismissed with costs the application by JSE-listed Huge Group to intervene and participate in the merger proceedings between MTN and iTalk Cellular.
9 December 2008 - Huge Group
The Competition Tribunal of South Africa has denied the Huge Group leave to intervene in the hearing of the MTN-iTalk merger.
9 December 2008 - Business Day
A bid by MTN to take over the cellular airtime distributor iTalk will face fierce opposition if rival bidder Huge Group wins permission to take part in Competition Tribunal Hearings.
5 December 2008 - Engineering News Online
Managed telecommunications firm, the Huge Group, sees potential for plenty of acquisitive and organic growth,
despite the current market turmoil, executive chairperson Anton Potgieter said last week.
27 November 2008 - iWeek
The Competition Commision has recommended that MTN's bid to acquire the remaining 59% of cellphone and airtime retail distributor iTalk cellular be approved.
19 November 2008 - IT-Online
The Competition Commission has recommended that the proposed transaction by MTN to purchase the remaining 59% of iTalk Cellular be approved, opening up a new debate about the deal and its competitiveness.
19 November 2008 - Computing SA
The Competition Commission has
recommended that the offer by MTN to
purchase the remaining 59% of iTalk Cellular
be approved.
18 November 2008 - My Broadband
Huge group oppose Competition Commission’s recommendation to allow MTN to purchase iTalk
13 November 2008 - ITWeb
AltX-listed Huge Group has conducted a major restructuring of its board of directors, in order to streamline management functions and operations.
27 October 2008 - Sake24 Beeld
Van 'n klein begin tot 'n groot sukses
24 October 2008 - Business Report
Following a strong set of results, the Huge Group was rated as the 'Best performing AltX company listed in 2007' by Moneyweb in a report published on 8 October 2008.
23 October 2008 - iWeek
HUGE GROUP issued a statement welcoming the deal, saying customers should soon see the benefits of increased competition in the mobile telecommunications space as Telkom prepares to take the major players head on.
16 October 2008 - iWeek
The Huge group reported at year-on-year surge of 25%, to R308 million, for the six months ended 31 August.
13 October 2008 - ITWeb
Local telecommunications business Huge Group has praised Telkom's decision to sell its stake in Vodacom and build an internal mobile business.
9 October 2008 - Business Day
The need for companies to cut their costs to survive in a tough economy had benefited the Huge Group with its ability to slash corporate phone bills, its interim results have shown.
9 October 2008 - Business Report
Telecoms firm Huge Group, which helps companies cut their phone bills, expects to benefit from the economic turmoil as more companies try to tighten their belts.
9 October 2008 - iWeek
The Huge Group has issued a trading statement indicating that it expects to post a positive set of results with significantly increased profits for the interim period ended August 2008.
9 October 2008 - Sake24 Beeld
Een bedryf wat vir seker nie onder druk van swak ekonomiese tye ly nie, is die telekommunikasiebedryf.
8 October 2008 - CNBC Africa
Results released.
8 October 2008 - ITWeb
The Huge Group has reported a year-on-year surge in revenue of 25%, to R308 million, for the six months ended 31 August.
8 October 2008 - My Broadband
Increase in market share bolsters the Huge Group’s results
1 October 2008 - Business Day
TELECOMS company the Huge Group expects a hike in earnings per share and headline earnings per share of 750%-770% for the six months to August 31 compared with the 3.5 posted a year ago.
30 September 2008 - Moneyweb
AltX-listed Huge Group expects to post a positive set of results for the interim period ended August 2008, signalling significantly increased profits, the company said in a SENS announcement this morning.
30 September 2008 - My Broadband
Telecoms group Huge Group expects half year earnings and headline earnings per share to rise
by between 750% and 770% to a range of 26.25 cents and 26.95 cents per share, it said on
Monday.
29 September 2008 - Engineering News Online
Telecommunications company the Huge Group on Monday stated that it expected its interim results to be between 750% and 770% higher than the 3,5c a share reported in the six months ended August 31, 2007.
29 September 2008 - Summit TV
25 September 2008 - FinWeek
KEN JARVIS - gewese inligtingshoof van die SA Inkomstediens (SAID), het 'n reputasie as 'n meedoëlose regrukspesialis...
25 September 2008 - FinWeek
KEN JARVIS - former chief information officer (CIO) at the South African Revenue Service - earned an inexorable reputation as a turnaround specialist...
25 September 2008 - iWeek
MANAGED TELECOMS company Huge Group sees voice over internet protocol (VOIP) as neither a threat nor an opportunity, says CEO Anton Potgieter.
22 September 2008 - Engineering News Online
Telecommunications firm the Huge Group said on Monday that the the decision by Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri to appeal a High Court ruling on the right of value added network service providers, or Vans, to self provide was a potentially major blow to the industry in South Africa.
18 September 2008 - iWeek
The Huge Group, which listed on the AltX on 8 August last year, has announced that it has declared a maiden cash dividend of 12 cents per share for the year ended 29 February 2008.
11 September 2008 - Investment Analyst
Huge operates in the fast-growing managed telecoms sector, and is able to make substantial reductions in telecommunications costs for its clients.
4 September 2008 - ITWeb
Former South African Revenue Service (SARS) CIO and well-known IT personality Ken Jarvis joined the Huge Group as a non-executive board member from the beginning of September.
2 September 2008 - ITNewsAfrica
The Huge Group has announced that it will lodge its submissions within two weeks opposing the transaction between MTN and iTalk on the basis that the transaction between MTN and iTalk is not competitive.
2 September 2008 - My Broadband
The Huge Group has announced that in line with the group's promise to build intellectual capital, Ken Jarvis, the ex-CIO of the South African Revenue Service, will join the company from 1 September in a non-executive capacity.
1 September 2008 - Brainstorm
Anton Potgieter started TelePassport in 1993 offering international call-back services.
1 September 2008 - Brainstorm
Anton Potgieter started Telepassport in 1993 offering international call-back services.
25 August 2008 - ITWeb
Earlier this month, leading managed telecommunications company, Huge Telecom, part of the Huge Group, contributed in excess of R100 000 to the non-profit organisation, Children in the Wilderness, a rural children's environmental and life skills programme for vulnerable children.
21 August 2008 - Moneyweb
Despite the hype, a local idea - Eyeballs - could end up cracking it and becoming a world leader in cellphone advertising…
21 August 2008 - FinWeek
MOBILE ADVERTISING START-UP Eyeballs Mobile, which launched this month , is interesting - for three reasons.
1 August 2008 - Brainstorm
Mobile advertising is the next great marketing frontier.
14 July 2008 - ITWeb
The Huge Group is still waiting for MTN and iTalk to file merger papers with the Competition Commission.
4 July 2008 - Engineering News Online
Telecommunications firm Huge Group has entered preliminary discussions with third parties involving the release of "certain confidential information", it said on Friday.
3 July 2008 - Engineering News Online
Telecommunications firm Huge Group on Thursday said it had bought back 12,22% of its own stock for R47,2-million
1 July 2008 - Biz Community
The Huge Group said in a statement yesterday, Monday, 30 June 2008, that it intends to oppose the transaction between MTN and iTalk on the basis that the transaction between MTN and iTalk substantially lessens competition in SA's mobile telecommunications market.
1 July 2008 - Business Day Online
HUGE Group shares took a tumble yesterday after news that its R511m bid for iTalk Cellular was being jeopardised by MTN.
1 July 2008 - ITWeb
Huge Group shares traded as low as 330c on the JSE yesterday, losing 5.4% before clawing back to end the trading session at 345c, 4c down on the previous close.
30 June 2008 - Radio 702
Huge Group takes on MTN
30 June 2008 - Business Day Online
Summit TV speaks to James Herbst from Huge Group as they take on cellular network provider MTN over rights to the controlling stake in iTalk Cellular
30 June 2008 - Business Day Online
CELLULAR group MTN has derailed a R511m deal for the Huge Group to buy out a chain of airtime resellers by belatedly exercising a pre-emptive right to acquire the shares itself.
30 June 2008 - Fin24
AltX-listed Huge Group has reiterated the position it took recently at its annual results presentation, saying it will oppose MTN's application to buy iTalk Cellular by making formal submissions to the Competition Commission.
30 June 2008 - ITWeb
MTN has scuppered a R511 million deal for Huge Group by buying the remaining 59% of iTalk Cellular.
27 June 2008 - Engineering News Online
Africa's biggest cellular provider MTN said on Friday that it would buy the 59% of Durban-based i-Talk Cellular that it did not already own, without disclosing the purchase price.
10 June 2008 - ITWeb
The Huge Group has appointed Rajen Pillay to replace Anton Potgieter as MD in the company's subsidiary, Huge Telecom. Potgieter will remain the group's executive CEO.
9 June 2008 - IT-Online
The Huge Group has announced a number of key appointments to the executive management of its flagship subsidiary, Huge Telecom.
6 June 2008 - Financial Mail Online
Huge Telecom surprised investors at a presentation last week by declaring plans to issue a 12c dividend, despite operating a "negative working capital" cycle.
6 June 2008 - Financial Mail
Huge Telecom suprised investors at a presentation last week by declaring plans to issue a 12c dividend, despite operating a "negative working capital" cycle.
29 May 2008 - Business Day Online
MAIDEN results from acquisition-hungry Huge Group showed it exceeded its prelisting forecast of headline earnings per share by 169%, with the benefits of two recent acquisitions yet to have their full effect on the bottom line.
28 May 2008 - Business Report Online
Telecoms company Huge Group expects to more than double its revenue to R1.2 billion this year through two acquisitions.
28 May 2008 - ITWeb
AltX-listed telecoms company Huge Group says it generated annual revenue of R540 million and operating profit before taxation of R55.89 million.
27 May 2008 - CNBC Africa
Results.
27 May 2008 - Summit TV
Huge Group Results.
27 May 2008 - RSG
Annual Results.
27 May 2008 - Classic FM
Financial Results of the Huge Group.
27 May 2008 - Engineering News Online
AltX-listed managed telecommunications firm the Huge Group’s FD James Herbst on Tuesday said that while the company was satisfied with its results, it was slightly disappointed that the acquisition of CentraCell had been concluded only in February.
27 May 2008 - Fin24
Huge Group says it anticipates its purchase of MTN service provider iTalk Cellular could take longer than expected.
27 May 2008 - I-Net Bridge