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No change statement and notice of Annual General Meeting

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.

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Huge grabs Eyeballs

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.

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Huge Group controls Eyeballs

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.

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Huge Group secures stake in Eyeballs Mobile Advertising

23 March 2009 - IT-Online

Huge Group has secured a majority stake in mobile advertising start-up, Eyeballs Mobile Advertising.

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Huge announces new appointments and prepares for the year ahead

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.

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New appointments at Huge

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.

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Huge has repurchased shares worth around R6m

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.

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Acquisitive Huge Group says market turmoil could throw up opportunities

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.

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The fight for iTalk begins

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.

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War of words begins over iTalk

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.

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MTN accused of anti-competitive behaviour

18 November 2008 - My Broadband

Huge group oppose Competition Commission’s recommendation to allow MTN to purchase iTalk

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Huge Group restructures board

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.

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Huge welcomes Telkom move

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.

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Huge grows market share

8 October 2008 - My Broadband

Increase in market share bolsters the Huge Group’s results

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Huge reports 25 percent revenue surge

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.

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Huge Group interim higher

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.

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Huge predicts solid interims

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.

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Huge Group sees improved interim earnings

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.

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Huge Group warns that States Vans appeal threatens competition

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.

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Ken Jarvis goes Huge

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.

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SARS CIO joins Huge

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.

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Huge Group takes on MTN

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.

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The Huge Cycle for Charity

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.

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Is mobile advertising the next big thing

21 August 2008 - Moneyweb

Despite the hype, a local idea - Eyeballs - could end up cracking it and becoming a world leader in cellphone advertising…

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Huge waits for MTNs next move

14 July 2008 - ITWeb

The Huge Group is still waiting for MTN and iTalk to file merger papers with the Competition Commission.

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Huge Group in preliminary talks with third party

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.

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Huge announces R47m share buyback

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

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MTN bid not predatory

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.

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Huge price hit by MTN muscling in on iTalk

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.

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Huge Group cuts off MTN on iTalk deal

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.

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MTN scuppers Huge deal

30 June 2008 - ITWeb

MTN has scuppered a R511 million deal for Huge Group by buying the remaining 59% of iTalk Cellular.

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Huge takes on MTN

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.

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MTN sinks deal for Huge to buy airtime reseller

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.

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Huge takes on Goliath

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

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MTN to acquire rest 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.

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Huge appoints new MD

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.

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Huge gears up for the future

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.

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Unexpected bonsella

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.

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Huge appetite eclipses earnings forecast

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.

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Huge exceeds profit forecast

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.

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Acquisitions to help Huge double its revenue

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.

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Huge reports headline earnings per share of 44 cents

27 May 2008 - I-Net Bridge

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Huges iTalk deal to go yello

27 May 2008 - Fin24

Huge Group says it anticipates its purchase of MTN service provider iTalk Cellular could take longer than expected.

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Huge satisfied with results says finalising iTalk acquisition

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.

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Huge secures iTalk approval

13 May 2008 - ITWeb

AltX-listed Huge Group has received competition approval for its acquisition of 59% of iTalk Cellular, from the Bebinchand Seevnaryan Trust.

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Huge increases earning expectation - again

29 April 2008 - IT-Online

Having previously cautioned that its earnings would be unusually inflated for the latest financial year, Huge Group believes its earnings will be at least 20% higher than the previously-anticipated figure.

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Trading profit higher than forecast

25 April 2008 - ITWeb

Top telecoms company The Huge Group, which listed on the AltX in August 2007, has announced that it expects its maiden profits to be substantially higher than that stated in its prospectus.

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Huge purchase approved

19 February 2008 - News24

South African AltX-listed telecommunications company Huge Group has said that the Competition Commission has officially approved its purchase of least-cost router CentraCell.

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Huge completes Centracell purchase

19 February 2008 - ITWeb

The Competition Commission has approved AltX-listed telecommunications company Huge Group's purchase of Centracell, a deal that will see Huge generate monthly annuity revenue of over R47 million.

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Huge Group wraps up Centracell deal

19 February 2008 - Engineering News Online

AltX-listed telecommunications firm, the Huge Group, said on Tuesday that it had cleared the final hurdle for completion of the Centralcell purchase, after the Competition Commission approved the deal.

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Huge snares MTN exec

28 January 2008 - ITWeb

AltX-listed telecoms player Huge Group has appointed Steve Tredoux, MTN's former GM of sales, to its board.

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Orion director joins Huge Group

22 January 2008 - ITWeb

AltX-listed telecoms group Huge Group has appointed Rajen Pillay, currently operations director at Vox Telecom subsidiary Orion Telecom, to its board.

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Huge defends R511m price tag

22 January 2008 - ITWeb

AltX-listed Huge Group has defended the R511 million it is paying for its proposed acquisition of 59% of iTalk Cellular from Bebinchand Seevnarayan Trust.

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iTalk will double Huge earnings

14 December 2007 - ITWeb

Huge Group's proposed acquisition of iTalk Cellular could see earnings per share (EPS) and headline EPS (HEPS) rise by 137% and 138%, respectively.

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iTalk receives Huge bid

30 November 2007 - ITWeb

Recently-listed telecoms company Huge Group says it has entered into a binding agreement, which will see it take 59% of iTalk Cellular's shareholding, at a price of R511 million.

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Huge Group revises forecast

12 September 2007 - ITWeb

AltX-listed telecommunications company Huge Group has made an upward revision of the profit forecast in its prospectus, to account for recent developments.

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Huge Group aims to get bigger

17 August 2007 - ITWeb

Newly-listed Huge Group yesterday advised shareholders that it had entered negotiations which could have an effect on its share price.

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Newly-listed Huge Group buys LCR firm for R80m

16 August 2007 - Engineering News Online

Telecommunications services firm Huge Group, which listed on the JSE on August 8, announced on Tuesday that it had bought least-cost routing firm Centracell, for R80-million in shares and cash.

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TelePassport to buy Centracell

8 August 2007 - ITWeb

Newly-listed telecommunications firm TelePassport will announce tomorrow the acquisition of its competitor – fellow least-cost routing (LCR) company Centracell.

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Huge Group lists on AltX

8 August 2007 - ITWeb

Telecommunications company Huge Group – which includes wholly-owned subsidiary TelePassport – listed amid a flurry of activity on the Johannesburg Alternative Exchange (AltX) this morning.

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Huge Group joins the AltX-issues cautionary

8 August 2007 - Engineering News Online

Least-cost routing telecoms service provider Huge Group kicked off its AltX debut on Wednesday with a 3% rise in its share price, as it announced that it was in talks that could have an impact on its share price.

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TelePassport goes it alone

30 July 2007 - ITWeb

Least-cost routing services supplier TelePassport will list on the JSE's Alternative Exchange next week.

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TelePassport Keen to Get Growing

5 July 2007 - Financial Mail

It's an odd move.

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TelePassport in R126m reverse listing

20 June 2007 - ITWeb

Ex-DataPro group financial director James Herbst is building his own telecommunications empire, starting with the R126 million acquisition of TelePassport.

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