Former Samsung South Africa mobile communications head Craige Fleischer has been named as chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel. He joined the telecommunications operator last week. Fleischer, who took
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Should Vodacom be allowed to buy Neotel? That’s the question on the lips of South Africa’s regulators and, indeed, most players in the telecommunications industry. Progress in the proposed R7bn acquisition is expected in the next few months as communications regulator Icasa and
Cell C made an impassioned plea to communications regulator Icasa on Thursday not to approve Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, warning that the deal would result in a lessening of competition
Access to radio frequency spectrum owned by Neotel would give Vodacom “some breathing room”, relaxing constraints on its ability to compete and allowing it to offer more 4G/LTE and 2G capacity on its networks
Cell C has completed a major radio access network upgrade project that it says will go a long way to addressing instability issues that have affected its customers in Gauteng. At the same time, the upgrade project has paved the way
The banner slamming cellphone network provider Cell C has been changed, The Star reported on Thursday. The initial banner, which was put up by disgruntled Cell C client George Prokas, which is prominently displayed on a wall outside the WorldWear Mall on Beyers Naude Drive originally
Telkom is expanding its lead over competing mobile operators, providing the most consumer value for contract plans in South Africa, a new and independent research study has found. The study, conducted by telecommunications research firm Tarifica using a proprietary algorithm that weighs up every feature
Vodacom has changed the minimum billing increment or “unitisation” for data, but claims the change will not negatively affect its customers. The mobile operator on Friday confirmed the move, saying it increased the minimum session volume from 1KB to 10KB on in-bundle data depletion and 5KB
The TransUnion Credit Bureau is no longer reflecting disgruntled Cell C client George Prokas as a slow payer, it was reported on Thursday. Prokas’s attorney, Raymond Druker, reportedly told Fin24 that the development paved the way for further discussions between Prokas and Cell C. Last week, Prokas
In this hour-long edition of the TalkCentral podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss – and sometimes rant about – the big news stories of the week. And there’s plenty to talk about. First up on the agenda is Telkom’s launch of LTE-Advanced and its decision