{"id":176609,"date":"2017-05-25T16:43:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=176609"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:43:18","slug":"neotel-finally-gets-a-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/176609\/neotel-finally-gets-a-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Neotel finally gets a new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liquid Telecom, on Thursday, named Kyle Whitehill as the new CEO at Neotel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOver the coming months, Kyle will oversee plans to make extensive upgrades and expansions to Neotel\u2019s network, enabling more customers to access high-speed, reliable connectivity across South Africa,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Liquid said that Whitehill has \u201cextensive international experience\u201d, having served as CEO in telecoms markets across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle was with Vodafone Group for almost 15 years, where he most recently served as CEO of Vodafone Qatar, overseeing the successful launch of the country\u2019s fastest 4G+ network.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe also spent three years as CEO of Vodafone Ghana, where he established the company as a market leader in both fixed-line and enterprise services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitehill said he was excited to join Neotel, and aimed to reaffirm the company\u2019s position in the market through improved services and products.<\/p>\n

Former CEO, Sunil Joshi<\/a>, resigned as far back as December 2015 to \u201cpursue his own interests\u201d.<\/p>\n

It came after Joshi was placed on special leave while an investigation was conducted into allegations of misconduct pertaining to deals between Neotel and Homix.<\/p>\n

Liquid Telecom, which is majority-owned by Econet Global, received\u00a0approval from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), to purchase Neotel for R6.55 billion in December last year.<\/p>\n

The company had received approval from South Africa\u2019s Competition Commission in October 2016.<\/p>\n

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Read: Liquid Telecom wins approval to purchase Neotel for R6.55 billion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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