Telkom’s mobile business is finally profitable (and sustainable). Since its launch in 2010 (as 8ta), its cumulative losses total R10bn. In those six financial years (to 31 March 2016), it generated R12,9bn in
Author: Hilton Tarrant
The country’s largest Wi-Fi provider, AlwaysOn, now allows customers to convert airtime into Wi-Fi data for its relatively pervasive network. At the entry level, R15 converts to 150MB of AlwaysOn data, which is less than half
It is borderline criminal for mobile operators to be charging as much as R500/MB for data use while roaming in certain countries. It’s 2016! The overarching problem with roaming, of course, is that there
R39,5bn. That’s the amount South Africans spent on cellphone contracts in 2015. This analysis of the market is possible for the first time after the publication of a transaction circular by Blue Label Telecoms, which detailed
Popular (mis)conception has it that Cell C, whose resurgence began under Alan Knott-Craig in 2012 and continues under Jose Dos Santos, has been rapidly stealing market share from larger rivals Vodacom and
First National Bank has continued its push to get more of its customers using its app as their primary channel for transacting, payments and banking. In previous years, it slowly dangled the proverbial carrot to incentivise
South Africa’s big four retail and commercial banks spent in excess of R30bn on IT in the 12 months to end-June 2016, including the cost of staff involved in this function. Excluding the cost of people, nearly R15 out of every R100 spent on
When it comes to advice on choosing the right mobile contract or prepaid plan, it’s impossible to ensure a guide will be “one size fits all”. There are far too many variables, both on the supply and demand sides of the equation: dozens and dozens
What more is there to say about MTN? It’s been an especially horrific 12 months for the company (and shareholders). But the group is sitting with a very large problem (to be fair, it has many others too): it is
Operationally, the time-suck on executive leadership from the Nigerian fine fallout had nothing to do with its other units across Africa and the Middle East. It’s always managed to run its “OpCos” quite independently, which arguably has a few more