The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) said on Wednesday that it sees “no reason” why mobile termination rates, the wholesale fees operators charge to carry calls between their networks, should not fall to between 15c and 25c/minute from the 40c they will
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After repeated delays, communications minister Dina Pule says the options for Telkom’s future are being finalised in consultation with the telecommunications operator’s board. Pule put options to cabinet last year but these were returned following recent board changes that saw Jabu
The Independent Communications Authority South Africa (Icasa) has turned down a request from mobile operator Cell C to postpone this Friday’s planned reduction in mobile termination rates, saying the cuts are part of a regulatory process that can’t be suspended. Cell C wanted
Consumers who have been looking forward to Telkom’s new 20Mbit/s and 40Mbit/s digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband products are going to have to dig deep for access to the ultra-high-speed network. Prices from the country’s
As the media frenzy around Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing escalated last week, his media team worked hard to get its message out. Within days of the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, the Pistorius camp enlisted the aid of UK spin doctor Stuart Higgins, repurposed Pistorius’s official website and
Vodacom has launched a new “global data service platform” (GDSP) for its machine-to-machine (M2M) communications business, allowing consumers to control Sim-based devices remotely from anywhere in the world. Tony Smallwood, executive head of
Telkom’s share price continues to trade at near to all-time record lows as a lack of clarity from government on its plans for the company and uncertainty about who will take over from outgoing CEO Nombulelo Moholi continue to cloud the outlook for investors. Moholi
As the increasingly acrimonious dust-up between Vodacom and Cell C enters its next phase, South African consumers are enjoying a real reduction in retail mobile tariffs. But it’s difficult to separate the clutter as the big operators try to convince customers where to spend their
Mobile operator MTN has torn into Cell C, warning its smaller rival that it must “abide by the law and start competing on the merits of its products rather than obscure regulatory favours”. The attack follows Cell C’s decision to lobby the industry regulator, the
Telkom has completed its pilot of its upgraded fixed-line broadband network and plans to launch commercial services offering 20Mbit/s and 40Mbit/s connections from next week. The telecommunications operator has been testing the upgraded