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Cell C and Vodacom both slashed their prepaid rates on Wednesday, but MTN appears unwilling to be drawn into the unfolding price war, saying its rates are already the most affordable in the market, even compared to latest cuts from its competitors. Vodacom is offering
Four months after establishing a local office, Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC is promising to ramp up the marketing and distribution of its products in SA, with a focus on its new One-series range of devices. Jon French, HTC’s vice-president for sales operations
A price war has broken out in SA’s mobile industry. Within minutes of each other on Wednesday, Cell C and Vodacom both announced they were slashing the cost of prepaid call tariffs to 99c/minute. The timing of the announcements suggests at least one of
New Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig says the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) ought to cut the fees SA’s mobile operators charge each other to carry calls onto their networks to 25c/minute to facilitate further price competition in the
Fraud and problems with billing systems could cost mobile operators as much as US$300bn/year by 2016, with African telecommunications providers suffering the most, a new research study has found. The report, from the UK’s Juniper Research, reckons
Johannesburg- and London-listed technology distribution and services group Datatec has topped US$5bn in annual sales for the first time. In the financial year ended 29 February 2012, the group reported sales of $5,03bn, up 17% from $4,3bn a year earlier
Would you like some insurance with your broadband bundle? Six months after TechCentral revealed in December 2011 that the company intended to get into the insurance game, Vodacom has finally provided a few details about its plans after it was awarded
SA will insist a decision be taken on a site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope at the next meeting of the SKA organisation, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday. “I’ll certainly protest should we not
A planned deal between Telkom and Korean telecommunications company KT Corp may benefit employees, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday. “In Korea, KT focuses on creating a flexible working environment for its employees through flexitime, flexi workplaces and ‘virtual
Roads agency Sanral will not appeal against the temporary court order halting e-tolling, it was reported on Tuesday. This has emerged from a letter from Sanral’s lawyers, Beeld newspaper reported. Pieter Conradie, lawyer for the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance, said on
