Telkom and Cell C offer the best-value contract packages for consumers, Tariffic’s latest quarterly tracker shows. The company’s second “Perfect Package Tracker” of 2015 measures the real effects of price and package changes in South Africa’s post-paid
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Communications regulator Icasa has decided to approve Vodacom’s R7bn acquisition of Neotel, but has attached conditions to the deal. That’s the word from Icasa spokesman Paseka Maleka, who declined on Monday to say what the conditions are that
Sipho Maseko is one brave CEO. The Telkom boss is about to take on powerful trade unions in a move to restructure the telecommunications operator’s business so that it can compete effectively in
The labour court has issued an order interdicting and restraining strike employees from coming within a 100m radius of any of MTN’s premises for the duration of industrial action currently underway, the mobile operator said in a statement on
When Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko took the reins at the company in April 2013, it was “almost ready throw in the towel” on its loss-making mobile operation. Maseko made the remarks at the presentation
With the exception of Cell C, which has shown a small improvement, customer satisfaction with South Africa’s mobile operators has declined since last year, a new research survey has determined
South Africa’s integrated communications service provider Telkom is set to release full-year results on Monday, 8 June. The last few years have seen the company’s core fixed-line business trending lower, as growth in infrastructure and in turn increased
The Communication Workers Union is threatening to step up strike action against mobile network MTN. The union’s members have entered into a third week of strikes which has hit MTN’s
On 15 June, First National Bank will become the first major banking brand in South Africa to launch a mobile virtual network operator and take on South Africa’s incumbent mobile operators. Years in the
MTN has cut the price of its popular low-cost Steppa 2 smartphone by 20%, from R999 to R799, a day after rival Vodacom launched its new Smart 6 smartphone, which retails for R799. The operators are keen to get everyone off older feature phones