Things used to be simple: a life with MultiChoice or a life without it. But South African television viewers will soon be spoilt for choice, even if some options are more appealing than others — and some a lot more
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Mobile operator MTN may be mulling the idea of taking a stake in rival Telkom, according to a report published on Monday. Citing three sources “familiar with the negotiations”, Bloomberg, a news agency, says MTN has
China’s Huawei, which lost ground in South Africa relative to some of its smartphone rivals over the Christmas sales season – pushing it into fourth place in terms of shipments – has vowed to
Cell C said on Friday that it had lodged an application in the high court in Johannesburg to review communications regulator Icasa’s 2014 late wholesale call termination rate regulations. Those regulations softened asymmetry that favoured Cell C that had
MTN South Africa began “consultations” with employees on Wednesday “in keeping with relevant employment legislation” as it prepares to implement a big shake-up in its MTN Business unit, which provides services to corporate clients and small and
Former Samsung South Africa mobile communications head Craige Fleischer has been named as chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel. He joined the telecommunications operator last week. Fleischer, who took
MTN South Africa has launched a new product called Data Share that allows its customers to share their data bundles with up to 20 other MTN numbers without incurring any Sim linking or
Should Vodacom be allowed to buy Neotel? That’s the question on the lips of South Africa’s regulators and, indeed, most players in the telecommunications industry. Progress in the proposed R7bn acquisition is expected in the next few months as communications regulator Icasa and
Access to radio frequency spectrum owned by Neotel would give Vodacom “some breathing room”, relaxing constraints on its ability to compete and allowing it to offer more 4G/LTE and 2G capacity on its networks
After extensive piloting, MTN South Africa has launched FrontRow Services, a video-on-demand platform that provides customers with access to movies and television shows for R179/month. MTN FrontRow Services is made up of FrontRow Club and