Vodacom, MTN and Cell C will pay Altron a combined amount of about R1,5bn to take over the subscriber base of Altech Autopage Cellular. Interestingly, Altron is receiving less than Reunert did when it concluded a similar deal with the operators to sell the subscribers
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Cell C has become the latest telecommunications operator to get into the fast-expanding fibre-to-the-home market, with plans to launch commercial services in the first quarter of 2016
The CEO of South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, said on Wednesday that the company is profitable. Little is known about Cell C’s financial status owing to the company being
Cell C will launch commercial Wi-Fi calling to its entire customer base on 1 October, the mobile operator said on Wednesday. Users will be able to use any Wi-Fi network anywhere in the world to
Cell C has launched a 4G/LTE network and announced aggressive price plans, including a deal that offers 100GB of data for R100, valid for 90 days. CEO Jose Dos Santos said on Wednesday that
The greatest barrier to extending Internet use in South Africa, and indeed in most African countries, is the cost of data. In South Africa, 1GB of data on mobile networks – the only means of accessing the Internet for most – is R149 (prepaid). This means that for millions of people
The South African economy may be teetering on the brink of a recession, but that isn’t keeping the country’s telecommunications operators from ramping up their capital spending. Telkom, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C, along with a host of smaller players, are all gearing up to make
Cell C and Vodacom are both pumping hundreds of millions of rand into their networks in the Western Cape to enhance coverage to the province’s residents. Cell C said on Wednesday that it intends
One person who is notably absent among the investors in Alan Knott-Craig’s new venture, HeroTel, is former FirstRand CEO Paul Harris, who had helped bankroll Knott-Craig’s acquisition
How and when mobile networks expire consumers’ unused data is coming under the spotlight again in South Africa, says National Consumer Commission (NCC) spokesman Trevor Hattingh. The NCC announced earlier this month that it is investigating contract price hikes by mobile networks