Orange and Vodacom are in talks about a strategic partnership in Africa, according to sources.
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This Monday sees the start of competition hearings into Vodacom’s planned acquisition of a 30-40% stake in Maziv.
It is essential to recognise how pivotal the telecoms sector is to South Africa’s present and future.
TechCentral had a look at Vodacom and MTN’s capex per customer in South Africa – and it tells an interesting story.
South Africa’s telecoms operators collectively invest more than R25-billion/year in their networks.
MTN South Africa said it plans to adjust data prices in the current quarter as consumer demand spikes.
MTN Group reported an 18.8% decline in its first-quarter service revenue, weighed down by MTN Nigeria.
Vodacom said it is keen to maintain its high capex-to-revenue ratio to maintain a network quality advantage.
Shameel Joosub said planned further cuts to call termination rates will have no real impact on retail prices.
A major network outage was impacting Telkom mobile users in South Africa on Monday.