Cell C has decided to bring an end to free access to WhatsApp, it said on Thursday. In its place, the mobile operator is adding a R5 WhatsApp bundle to its portfolio of products, providing a month’s access to the
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Cell C parent Oger Telecom has received offers to buy its controlling 75% stake in the South African mobile telecommunications operator from six groups, it was reported on Wednesday. Business Day quoted Oger Telecom chief legal officer and
Anyone who flies into Johannesburg in the early mornings during winter will be familiar with the atmospheric inversion layer, where air near the ground is cooled by the unheated swimming pools of the struggling middle classes. The cool air traps pollutants beneath warmer layers
Did the Competition Commission do the right thing in seeking to block – in the process scuppering – the network sharing deal between Telkom and MTN? On the surface, it appears it was the right move for consumers, but dig a little deeper and one has to question whether the
Cape Town-based SmartMobile, which forms part of the Digicall Group, has launched a mobile virtual network operator piggybacking on Cell C’s network to provide services. The new MVNO has been put together by MVN-X, the MVNO enablement company headed
MTN has entered into discussions with fast-growing pan-African mobile phone tower operator IHS Holding with a view to selling its South African tower portfolio, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Quoting an unnamed source
Blue Label Telecoms and retail group Edcon will develop a network of retail technology stores across South Africa. Called Edgars Connect, the companies hope to have 100 outlets opened before
Blue Label Telecoms said on Monday that Cell C has enjoyed “massive” growth in the past year, while MTN has “lost a little bit of direction”. This is according to Brett Levy, co-CEO at Blue Label, which
Telkom’s share price sank by 6,4% on Monday after the company announced it would no longer pursue a deal with rival MTN. This came after the Competition Commission said it would not support the transaction. As investors fretted about the impact
Telkom and MTN have decided to walk away from the deal that would have seen the former outsource management of its mobile radio access network to the latter and the two companies signing a bilateral roaming agreement. Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko said