Vodacom has backed down over plans to charge customers for data rollover after a public outcry. In a statement on Wednesday, the operator said it will no longer charge for data rollover.
Browsing: MTN
Vodacom will comply with communications regulator Icasa’s new data expiry rules from this week, but the country’s largest mobile operator has said it will charge users to roll over their unused data.
Helios Towers wants to build a thousand telecommunication towers in South Africa in the next three years as it tries to capitalise on rapid growth in mobile services and shape up for an initial public offering.
MTN South Africa will appear before communications regulator’s complaints and compliance committee next month over a charge that it failed to comply with a notification rule regarding tariff adjustments.
Telkom sees an acquisition as one way to grow its mobile phone business as the former landline monopoly looks to boost profit and attract higher-paying customers.
The founder of Brolaz South Africa has accused Huawei of driving the company out of business by failing to make payments timeously for work done, in the process costing 232 permanent staff their jobs.
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Ari Kahn, the former MTN contractor who invented and patented the “Callme” service before rival Vodacom.
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams altercation with an SABC news crew at the weekend, and her subsequent apology.
African online retailer Jumia is planning an initial public offering in New York this year that could value the business at about $1.5-billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
MTN Group said on Monday that it expects to report an improvement of at least 20% in headline earnings and attributable earnings per share for the year ended December 2018.