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Sipho Maseko is a really nice guy – which makes me want to pity him over the challenge he’s taken on at Telkom. Some would say accepting the group CEO position at South Africa’s biggest fixed-line operator is like grabbing a tiger by its tail. Sooner rather than later, you get eaten

MTN has the most complex post-paid packages among South African mobile operators, while Cell C’s are the simplest to understand. This is the conclusion of Tariffic, a recently launched independent company that analyses and optimises the cellphone spend of high-end consumers

MWeb now has direct access to Cell C’s mobile data network after the two signed an agreement in terms of which the MultiChoice-owned Internet service provider will have access to an access point name (APN) supplied by the mobile operator. The move, which

Telkom Mobile has extended its Sim-Sonke prepaid plan to roaming partner MTN’s network, meaning subscribers can use the aggressively priced plans in many more parts of South Africa. Previously, Sim-Sonke was available only on Telkom Mobile’s network

The South African market has continued to be “challenging” for MTN as a result of what the telecommunications group calls “regulatory and competitive actions”. In a quarterly update for the three months ended 30 September, the group’s CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa, says subscriber growth was

HTC has closed its South African office and appointed a distributor, Ingram Micro Mobility, to sell its smartphones in the local market. TechCentral has established that HTC, which is struggling to compete in a crowded smartphone market, has ended its direct presence and gone back to the channel

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is giving telecommunications operators more time to comment on draft call termination rate regulations, announced 10 days ago, that sent the share prices of MTN and Vodacom plunging and Telkom surging

This may go down as the week that changed everything in South Africa’s telecommunications industry, the one that signalled the start of the end of the duopoly grip held by Vodacom and MTN. It started nine days ago when sector regulator, the Independent Communications

The markets recoiled at news that call termination rates between cellular operators will decrease, seeing it as a boon for consumers and small cellphone operators in particular. But experts say – citing supporting data – that South African cellphone communication is still too expensive

TalkCentral hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson dive into the big technology stories of the past week — and there’s plenty of ground to cover. In the show, we talk about telecommunications regulator Icasa’s big announcement on mobile termination rates, Cell C’s decision