Vodacom has taken strong exception to a move by telecommunications regulator Icasa to draft a wholesale call rates regime that favours its rival Cell C and more recent market entrant Telkom Mobile. Vodacom says it supports the proposed cuts to termination rates
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The share prices of MTN and Vodacom fell sharply on Monday, while Telkom climbed by nearly 5%, after telecommunications regulator Icasa publish draft regulations for inter-network call rates that strongly disfavour the two bigger operators. At lunchtime, Vodacom was
E-tolling in Gauteng will most likely be implemented by the end of the year, transport minister Dipuo Peters said on Monday. “Last week, we finalised the regulations and this week we will be dealing with the tariff structure and starting the process to publicise the tariff structure,” she said at a New
Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has cautiously welcomed the proposed cuts in wholesale call termination rates, announced by telecommunications regulator Icasa on Friday, saying that although he’d have “wished for a better outcome for Cell C”, the cuts will lead to a “more competitive and balanced” market
Telkom’s retail Internet service provider, Telkom Internet, has launched two new uncapped promotions, Do Gaming and Do Movies, that offer users uncapped capacity to selected services, whether or not their existing subscription is uncapped. The promotions run until
Sunshine will soon officially move from the weather report into the news bulletins at the SABC – and there will be at least 70% of it. The SABC’s acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has hit the campaign trail and is seeking the public support needed to ensure it is written into the corporation’s new
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (Wapa) has come out strongly against any deal by Vodacom to buy Neotel, saying it will stifle competition, lead to job cuts and do little to reduce the “digital divide”. Earlier this week, Vodacom confirmed that it was in exclusive talks with Neotel
Conduct Telecommunications, a fibre-optic infrastructure developer backed by international private equity firm The Birchman Group, has completed a project in the Cape Town suburb of Claremont where it is providing open-access fibre to a number of businesses
It’s official. Mobile operator Cell C is the new title sponsor of South African rugby franchise the Sharks. The three-year year deal is effective from 1 January 2014. “This sponsorship will see the Cell C brand emblazoned on the playing kit of the Sharks
One of South Africa’s iconic rugby grounds, Johannesburg’s Ellis Park, has been given the Wi-Fi treatment. The Golden Lions Rugby Union says Ellis Park has become the “first public Wi-Fi-enabled stadium in South Africa” in time for this weekend’s test match between the Springboks