Browsing: Cell C

Vodacom goes red, restructures its business

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“This is not an April fool’s joke. This is for real.” With those words, Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys took the wraps off Vodacom’s new red and white branding, bringing it in line with the corporate colours

True colours

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Vodacom is widely expected to take the wraps off its new brand this Friday at a concert at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium. It’s expected to adopt the red and white colours of its parent, Vodafone. But what, if anything

Telkom’s Moholi gets analysts’ thumbs up

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Telkom’s board is widely expected to appoint Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi, MD of its SA operation, as its new group CEO, a move analysts say is great news for the partially state-owned fixed-line telecommunications

Spread the spectrum

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Later this year, SA’s telecommunications regulator will hold an auction to sell valuable chunks of radio frequency spectrum that can be used to deliver the next generation of wireless broadband. If done right

Internet Solutions eyes LTE, fibre networks

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Internet Solutions is betting big on telecommunications infrastructure, with plans to participate in a wireless spectrum auction later this year that could result in it building a national wireless broadband network

Vodacom, MTN say no to retail rate cuts

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Wholesale call termination rates come down at midnight tonight, but consumers shouldn’t expect retail price cuts from the big mobile operators. Both Vodacom and MTN have confirmed to TechCentral

Neotel cuts call prices

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Neotel is taking advantage of the 1 March cut in mobile termination rates to cut the cost of calls to mobile phones. It’s the first operator to announce cuts on the back of the lowering of the rates

Pole position

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Cell C’s decision last year to sell its base stations to US company American Tower Corp (ATC) could smooth the entry of new wireless operators later this year, paving the way for more robust broadband competition

Tower sharing to aid SA broadband boom

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Tower sharing should prove a boon for SA Internet service providers wanting to roll out out their own broadband wireless infrastructure later this year. That’s the view of Pieter Nel