Third mobile operator Cell C plans to build a new, 50 000sq m campus north of Sandton to integrate its disparate offices, which are located across Johannesburg, from Parktown to Sandton. The new facility, which will house Cell C’s head
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The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) is pressing communications minister Dina Pule to finalise her policy directions on high-demand radio frequency spectrum, including the “digital dividend” band that will be freed up when SA’s broadcasters move from analogue to digital terrestrial television
Cell C has become SA’s second operator to cut BlackBerry prices in a week. The company on Friday said it was introducing new tariff plans for BlackBerry users starting at R27/month. Its first new tariff plan, the BlackBerry Social Plan, offers Cell C customers access to Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), one
Avatars, warriors, wizards, whizz-kids, mavericks and dreamers. They could all be characters in a fantasy game played with gunships and lasers on a mobile device. But they are actually the descriptions given to employees at Alan Knott-Craig’s World of Avatar, the Stellenbosch-based cellular, social media and
Cell C is making its promotional reduction in the cost of calls to selected international markets permanent and has filed the new rates with the Independent Communications Authority of SA. At the same time, it has added Hong Kong and Australia to the new calling plans. Calls to the US, UK, India, Pakistan
Convergence Partners, a telecommunications investment vehicle controlled by Dimension Data Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba, has secured $35m in equity investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a new communications infrastructure fund. It will use the fund, which
The primary focus of Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, will in future be on providing next-generation mobile broadband more than voice services, the acting CEO of the mobile unit, Jacques Schindehütte, said on Friday. Schindehütte, who is also Telkom’s
Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has made his next big move after dropping a pricing bomb on his rivals in the prepaid market. The cellular operator is introducing variable-term contracts and slashing the cost of calls for post-paid subscribers. The company is introducing six new products
Trade union Solidarity says a Cell C employee has committed suicide after he received notice of his retrenchment. Solidarity has demanded that the company halt further retrenchments and consult with unions representing members who could be affected by the process. According to media reports
Virgin Mobile SA CEO Steve Bailey, who resigned from the company this month, has been appointed as chief commercial officer at Glo, the second largest mobile operator in Nigeria after MTN with more than 25m subscribers. Bailey says he will take up the new role as soon as he receives the