First came the news that Cell C is planning to sell its national network of base stations to a third-party tower operator. Now MTN SA, looking to cut costs, may begin selling space on its towers to competitors. Why, suddenly, is infrastructure sharing all the rage?
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MTN’s recent reduction in peak-time prepaid call rates was a direct consequence of political pressure. And further price cuts are…
The authority in charge of administering SA’s country-code top-level domain is likely to introduce three new second-level domains below the…
Andrew Rens has commented on the recent interview TechCentral conducted with me in which I expressed critical comment on the state of SA’s copyright laws and, more particularly, as they affect the music industry. Rens and I approach copyright from two diametrically opposed departure points, so it’s not surprising that we have differing views on what constitutes appropriate protection under copyright.
MTN SA is at an advanced stage of planning that will result in it opening its network of base stations…
Shutter Island, the setting of the new film by the same name from Martin Scorsese, is a haunted place. Apart…
“It’s difficult to let go.” Phuthuma Nhleko, MTN’s group president and CEO, sounds almost rueful when I ask him why…
In an article in the 1 December 2005 edition of Fortune magazine, Paul LaMonica wrote that the new AT&T (just merged with SBC) was “not worth buying”. He anticipated declining margins due to fierce competition. He worried that the company was a “middle weight” in the mobile phone industry. And he fretted that it
First National Bank has finally confirmed what SA Internet users have long suspected. The banking group is partnering with online…
JSE-listed cellphone group MTN plans to spend almost US$200m (R1,5bn) in total on high-capacity undersea cables serving markets in Africa…