It’s “just not true” that MTN’s tariff plans are too complex and its consumers “totally understand the value proposition”, says MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar. Pienaar was reacting to criticism that the company’s tariffs are too complicated for consumers to understand, especially in light of Cell C’s recent introduction of a uniform
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MTN SA is considering selling as much as half of its base station infrastructure in SA to improve the efficiency of its capital structure, says MD Karel Pienaar. “We have been looking at this for a long time,” according to Pienaar, who says the company is weighing the economic pros and cons of selling the towers
Public enterprises director-general Tshediso Matona said last week that government has made no decision about what it plans to do about the vexing question of Telkom. Ruling-party politicians are debating whether the company will remain listed on the JSE or
SA’s fourth mobile operator, Telkom-owned 8ta, is upending its prepaid tariff model, ditching the plans it’s had in place since its launch nearly two years ago and introducing new rewards-based tariffs clearly designed to improve the loss-making brand’s average revenue per user (Arpu). 8ta senior managing
Cell C’s new standard data tariff plans, which it launched on Wednesday, stack up well next to the tariffs charged by the other operators for identical packages, a comparison drawn up by TechCentral shows. The mobile operator has cut the price of data bundles to 15c/MB in and out of bundle for both prepaid and contract customers
In a move that could send shockwaves through SA’s mobile industry, Cell C has announced it is cutting the price of all standard data packages on its network to 15c/MB both in bundle and out-of-bundle. The new flat rate applies to all prepaid and contract data bundles and packages and is effective 1 August
Third mobile operator Cell C has extended its current contract and prepaid data promotions and hinted at more announcements around broadband pricing in the next few weeks. The company said on Tuesday that it would extend promotions which were meant to expire at the end of July
The department of trade & industry released its black economic empowerment (BEE) charter for the technology sector last month and it takes force with immediate effect. Although some companies in the sector already comply, others will have to move quickly if they’re to meet its stringent requirements
The ZA Tech Show has a packed panel this week, with Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle discussing the craziness of patents in the mobile industry, Android updates and fragmentation, Pieter Uys’s resignation as Vodacom CEO, iPhone coming to Cell C, Windows 8, and lots more
The resignation last week of Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys raises interesting questions about the future of SA’s most powerful mobile phone operator under the UK’s Vodafone, especially as it faces an increasingly fractious and competitive industry. When