The labour court has issued an order, with the consent of ex-Vodacom exployees, to enforce their restraints of trade after reports emerged in November that they were working with rival MTN South Africa.
With a little over two months left for South Africa’s telecommunications operators to implement Icasa’s new data-expiry rules, MTN said on Monday that it has begun complying with them
The telecommunications giant has announced the launch of MusicTime, a time-based Internet music offering.
Government’s telecommunications bill, if enacted without radical changes, will have a “devastating” effect on the ICT sector, destroying the incentives that have led to almost universal mobile coverage in South Africa.
MTN South Africa was keen to take on Standard Bank’s mobile virtual network operator business, which went to rival Cell C, and is open to other such opportunities – provided they make commercial sense.
MTN said on Tuesday that it will reach 90% population coverage with 4G/LTE technology in South Africa before the end of the year, outpacing rival Vodacom.
While Vodacom and MTN appear to be allergic to mobile virtual network operators, Cell C is proving it’s possible to build a significant business from them.
Two years after pulling the plug on its Mobile Money service in South Africa, MTN Group plans to relaunch the service in South Africa, according to sources close to the matter.
Cell C said on Tuesday that it has completed the implementation of its roaming agreement with MTN South Africa.
MTN South Africa has edged ahead of rival Vodacom in offering the best video streaming experience, according to a new report from OpenSignal.