Browsing: Cell C

Vodacom loses Wi-Fi calling complaint

By

Vodacom and Cell C have been at each other’s throats again in front of the Advertising Standards Authority, this time over a claim by Cell C that it was the first to introduce Wi-Fi calling in South Africa. In this instance, the authority

Mobiles’ capex soars despite headwinds

By

Given the amount of capital South Africa’s big mobile operators are pouring into their networks – well over R20bn between them this year alone – one could be forgiven for thinking the industry isn’t facing the serious headwinds many are predicting in the

Eaton sells SA towers to ATC

By

Eaton Towers has sold its base station tower portfolio in South Africa to rival American Tower Corp. Eaton said on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to sell about 300

Untangling SA’s big open-access debate

By

Competition has broken out among telecommunications operators in South Africa as a result of an open-access policy intervention, being the prices which operators pay to access customers on other networks: the call termination rate. Prepaid mobile voice

SA mobile networks say no to ad blocking

By

Local mobile operators say they are not investigating network-level ad-blocking services, at least for now. About 20% of data traffic on a smartphone is intrusive advertising, according to a research note from Strand Consult. And in February

MTN to tackle Cell C in MVNO market

By

MTN South Africa will allow mobile virtual network operators to piggyback on its network, becoming the second mobile provider in South Africa after Cell C to offer such a platform

Cell C, MTN, Vodacom in new LTE-U tests

By

You’d think they are about to launch the next big thing in mobile broadband, the way South Africa’s mobile operators are going on about LTU-Unlicensed technology. Vodacom, MTN and Cell C have also clamoured for the headlines in recent days as

Local MVNOs get Wi-Fi offload

By

MVN-X, the company that enables niche mobile providers such as MRP Mobile and Boksel, has signed a deal with AlwaysOn to allow users to roam seamlessly across to 2 500 Wi-Fi hotspots around the country. MVN-X has helped launched a

Worries over spectrum delays

By

The lack of readily available radio frequency spectrum is hobbling South Africa’s national broadband hopes, says mobile network Vodacom. South Africa’s government has been slow in implementing its digital broadcast migration project