Cell C has revised its roaming contract with Vodacom, the updated terms of which are effective immediately. The agreement allows Cell C customers to roam on Vodacom’s network where there is limited Cell C coverage. Though neither party is commenting on the specific terms of the new deal
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Their father’s death, at the age of just 33, played a big role in shaping the lives of brothers Mark and Brett Levy, the founders and co-CEOs of JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms. It also gave them some of the drive they needed to thrive in business, says Mark Levy. “I was eight and Brett had just turned five
The Advertising Standards Authority has found in favour of MTN after the operator laid a complaint against Cell C, accusing its smaller rival of discrediting its brand in two advertisements. The authority has instructed Cell C to withdraw the ads. The first target of MTN’s ire was a television advertisement featuring a man
Cell C has announced that it is cutting call rates to a further 177 countries after introducing a 99c/minute rate to 50 countries in recent months. “We have spent a great deal of time negotiating better termination rates with our international partners. The termination rates, or rates charged by other operators to
While many emerging markets have seen sales of dual-Sim mobile phones flourishing, giving device manufacturers like China’s ZTE and Huawei the chance to gain a foothold with innovative new devices, the market for dual Sims in SA remains negligible
AppChat, the up-start mobile virtual network operator and voice and data provider headed up by former ECN Telecommunications CEO John Holdsworth, will launch a “controlled pilot” on 15 November. The pilot, which will involve about
Jonathan Marchbank has been appointed as Virgin Mobile SA’s new CEO. This follows the news last month that the group has sold a stake in its SA operation to Middle Eastern mobile virtual network operator Friendi Group. Marchbank will fill the
It’s “just not true” that MTN’s tariff plans are too complex and its consumers “totally understand the value proposition”, says MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar. Pienaar was reacting to criticism that the company’s tariffs are too complicated for consumers to understand, especially in light of Cell C’s recent introduction of a uniform
MTN SA is considering selling as much as half of its base station infrastructure in SA to improve the efficiency of its capital structure, says MD Karel Pienaar. “We have been looking at this for a long time,” according to Pienaar, who says the company is weighing the economic pros and cons of selling the towers
Public enterprises director-general Tshediso Matona said last week that government has made no decision about what it plans to do about the vexing question of Telkom. Ruling-party politicians are debating whether the company will remain listed on the JSE or