You’d think they are about to launch the next big thing in mobile broadband, the way South Africa’s mobile operators are going on about LTU-Unlicensed technology. Vodacom, MTN and Cell C have also clamoured for the headlines in recent days as
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Vodacom shareholders have reason to be happy. On practically every measure, the full-year numbers published on Monday for its South African operation are probably the best in recent memory. Everything is pointing in the
The lack of readily available radio frequency spectrum is hobbling South Africa’s national broadband hopes, says mobile network Vodacom. South Africa’s government has been slow in implementing its digital broadcast migration project
Phuthuma Nhleko will stay on as interim executive chairman of MTN until he has resolved the dispute with Nigerian authorities over a record US$3,9bn fine imposed on the telecommunications group’s Nigerian
MTN Group has appointed Babak Fouladi as group executive for technology and information systems. Fouladi will lead the delivery of MTN’s network and IT strategy across
First National Bank’s mobile virtual network operator, FNB Connect, has announced it is zero-rating its customers’ WhatsApp data traffic. It’s the second operator in South Africa, after Cell C, to introduce zero-rated WhatsApp. All data
Mobile network MTN says it has fixed a data network outage but the company hasn’t yet decided whether it will reimburse customers. MTN suffered a data network outage from 2pm on Thursday that
MTN South Africa on Thursday experienced widespread downtime, preventing many of its customers from accessing the Internet. The problems started at about 2pm, the mobile operator said
A former councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has lashed out at South Africa’s Sim card registration legislation, Rica, saying it has severely impacted ordinary
In the latest episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Nkosana Makate’s victory over Vodacom at the constitutional court. Also this week, local Internet service providers have come out in