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More than three-quarters of SA’s mobile users are frustrated with their telecommunications service provider because of issues such as limited data coverage, dropped calls and the cost of services. More worrying for operators is that 11% of consumers are actively looking to change their current provider with a further
Prospective manufacturers of the set-top boxes that government will subsidise for as many as 5m poorer SA households to receive digital terrestrial television signals have just a month to submit their proposals to the department of communications. Government published the long-awaited request for proposal
Moneysmart, the free personal financial management tool that was launched in beta last year, has been revamped and will be launched commercially in the next few days, promising an improved experience, automatic integration with all but one of SA’s major banks and forthcoming native applications for iOS and Android. The website
Cell C’s new standard data tariff plans, which it launched on Wednesday, stack up well next to the tariffs charged by the other operators for identical packages, a comparison drawn up by TechCentral shows. The mobile operator has cut the price of data bundles to 15c/MB in and out of bundle for both prepaid and contract customers
The labour department has terminated the legal status of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), according to a report on Wednesday. The union, which was deregistered last Wednesday, was trying frantically to head off labour court action this week, according to Business Report. CWU, with more than
In a move that could send shockwaves through SA’s mobile industry, Cell C has announced it is cutting the price of all standard data packages on its network to 15c/MB both in bundle and out-of-bundle. The new flat rate applies to all prepaid and contract data bundles and packages and is effective 1 August
The national energy regulator confirmed on Wednesday that it aims to heed Eskom’s call to have South Africans pay cost reflective electricity prices by 2018. Nersa’s Thembani Bukula said the regulator would receive Eskom’s medium term tariff application, called MYPD3, by the end of the month, and then hold consultations
Soon after inking a deal to sell a stake in Virgin Mobile SA to Middle Eastern mobile virtual network operator, the Friendi Group, a shake-up is on the cards at the local company. Virgin Mobile SA plans to reduce its store footprint to stores in key locations in each region, it says. Over the next 18 months
Third mobile operator Cell C has extended its current contract and prepaid data promotions and hinted at more announcements around broadband pricing in the next few weeks. The company said on Tuesday that it would extend promotions which were meant to expire at the end of July
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has decided not to support the buyout of media and entertainment group Avusa by the Times Media Group, it was reported on Tuesday. The PIC, a 17% shareholder in Avusa, said as a “concerned shareholder” it was worried about Avusa’s underperformance
