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The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has taken Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, to task for what it calls “false and misleading” advertising. 8ta, in turn, has said the campaign in question has run its course and won’t be flighted again. Ispa lodged the complaint against

The Advertising Standards Authority has found in favour of MTN after the operator laid a complaint against Cell C, accusing its smaller rival of discrediting its brand in two advertisements. The authority has instructed Cell C to withdraw the ads. The first target of MTN’s ire was a television advertisement featuring a man

The final appeal committee of the Advertising Standards Authority has dismissed a last attempt by Cell C to have a ruling that the “4Gs” term it used in its advertising was in breach of the authority’s advertising codes overturned. The committee has awarded costs to

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is considering imposing sanctions against Vodacom following its decision to uphold a complaint brought by Clear Copy on behalf of Cell C against an ad campaign run by Cell C’s bigger mobile rival

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed Cell C’s appeal against a portion of a ruling handed down by its directorate on 6 October 2010 concerning various complaints about its use of the term “4Gs” in its advertising campaigns. Vodacom, MTN and

TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod talks to Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt about the company’s challenges at the Advertising Standards Authority, competition with Vodacom, and the launch of its 42Mbit/s mobile broadband network

Cell C will ask the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to review its decision to find in favour of a complaint lodged by Vodacom against the former’s new advertising campaign. Cell C was last week forced to pull the campaign

The Advertising Standards Authority, which on Thursday found almost entirely in favour of Vodacom over complaints against its rival Cell C’s controversial new advertising campaign, will now consider

Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys has slammed Cell C over its advertising campaign that targets the cellphone giant’s rebranding to the red identity of its parent Vodafone. The normally sedate Uys says Vodacom is not averse