Media24 has agreed to pay R14m as a settlement agreement with the Competition Commission after admitting to price fixing and fixing of trade conditions in the media industry. The tribunal began its investigation in late
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Economic development minister Ebrahim Patel said in a speech in parliament on Monday that interventions by government will ensure that data prices will fall as this is key to underpinning South Africa’s efforts to
Cell C has reported a 12% growth in the number of active subscribers on its network. The company had 15.7m active customers at the end of June 2017, up from 14m a year earlier. At the same time, the mobile operator
On the show this week, Regardt van der Berg and Duncan McLeod are at South Africa’s biggest electronic entertainment exhibition, rAge. And there’s plenty to see – and talk about – from high-end gaming rigs to
The Competition Commission believes a contract between Vodacom and the government is potentially anticompetitive and has launched an investigation into the telecommunications giant to establish this. Specifically, the
The Competition Commission said on Wednesday that it has initiated an investigation against Vodacom for “abuse of dominance” after the company was given an exclusive contract with national treasury to be the sole provider of
Vodacom Group slumped the most in more than seven years after South Africa’s antitrust regulator started a probe into a contract with the national treasury that may constitute an abuse of market dominance. The September
The recapitalisation of Cell C has hit a potential roadblock. Communications regulator Icasa late on Wednesday evening said the mobile operator may have failed to make the correct regulatory filings regarding the
The Competition Commission has launched a market inquiry into data services, a move that could result in a big shake-up in the way mobile operators charge for and structure their data plans. The inquiry comes as pressure
The Internet Service Providers’ Association, an industry body that represents many of South Africa’s ISPs, believes regulatory intervention is needed to force operators to open their networks to resellers. That this hasn’t happened