As the debate over so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers such as WhatsApp and Facebook continues to rage in the mobile telecommunications industry, MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh has called for “balanced cooperation” between operators and OTT players. Farroukh says in a statement
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In a move that could rattle its competitors’ cages, Telkom has launched a new package, called Unlimited Lite, offering customers unlimited calls to fixed-line networks and to its own mobile network for R599/month. Unlimited Lite is a “lighter version” of Telkom’s Completely Unlimited plan. Unlimited Lite packages are
Altron TMT subsidiary Bytes People Solutions, part of the Bytes Technology Group, has made an offer to acquire Inter-Active Technologies, a specialist customer interaction management business, for an undisclosed sum. The agreement has been signed, but the deal is still subject to the approval of the
Twenty years after the genocide, Rwanda wants to become Africa’s hi-tech hub. Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren already have their own computers and nearly the entire population is due to have Internet access
Free Wi-Fi provider Project Isizwe will offer users access to free video-on-demand (VOD) content, its backers announced on Wednesday. The offering, called WiFi TV, is a mobile-friendly VOD service available for unlimited access
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Telkom has warned that its services in some areas are now being affected by the problems at Eskom. “Telkom services are being impacted by Eskom’s nationwide load-shedding schedule. Depending on the duration of load shedding
South African Apple distributor Core Group has announced the retail pricing for the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 tablets. Core doesn’t say when the new iPads will be available in South Africa, only that they’re coming “soon”
MTN has introduced a reverse-charge call feature on its network, allowing customers who have, for example, run out of airtime to make a call that is billed to the recipient. The service, called MTN Pay4Me, notifies the calling party that they’ll be paying for the call, allowing them to accept or
Vodacom has completed a R1bn investment to increase the speed, capacity and range of its network in the Western Cape. The upgrade also includes the roll-out of 4G/LTE infrastructure across Cape Town. The operator says the network upgrade, which commenced in October 2012, was in