Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo has reiterated her commitment to see all South Africans migrating from analogue to digital television by December 2018. “I have full appreciation of the impact that
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New research by Tariffic, the company that analyses South African cellular tariffs to help companies and individuals reduce their mobile bills, shows that MTN and Cell C offer the best handset subsidies, while consumers are likely
It’s Friday, so it’s podcast time. On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about MTN shares plunging on a disappointing earnings update. Also this week, the curious case of EOH’s gyrating
Cell C plans to raise as much as $464m (R6bn) from the sale of two bonds as part of the South African mobile phone company’s recapitalisation that will enable Blue Label Telecoms to buy a stake, according
After more than 18 months of negotiation, Blue Label is finally poised to buy a 45% stake in Cell C for R5.5bn, a deal that is set to transform both companies. Blue Label shareholders approved
Like other mobile operators, Cell C is getting serious about digital business. The company said on Wednesday that it has appointed Nihmal Marrie as chief digital officer to “steer” its “digital transformation” and
Despite offering data plans that, on face value, are significantly cheaper than its rivals, consumers are not flocking to Telkom’s network, according to new report by Research ICT Africa. The price of 1GB of data in South
Blue Label Telecoms’ planned R1.9bn acquisition of handset distributor 3G Mobile – parent of The Equipment Company – forms part of a plan by the JSE-listed company to get customers that already buy its products, including
It’s surprising that the country’s major mobile operators haven’t trumpeted the death of R2/MB charges for out-of-bundle data. That pricing – a staple of the industry since Vodacom’s launch of 3G services in 2004 – has practically disappeared