Browsing: Neotel

Telecoms firms told to amend contracts

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SA’s four cellular network operators and two fixed-line providers will have new customer contracts that are compliant with the Consumer Protection Act in place within the next three months, according to Business Report on Monday. This

Unbundling: SA must learn and adapt, says Neotel

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Neotel believes there is “plenty of knowledge” about local-loop unbundling available and SA ought to learn from it and adapt it to the country’s context. The company’s chief technology officer, Angus Hay, was speaking on Thursday

Cut the red tape, Plessey urges gov’t

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Government needs to make it easier for telecommunications operators to build infrastructure, especially fibre-optic networks, as red tape and conflicting requirements are slowing the ability of companies to build broadband networks

Tata ups stake in Neotel

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India’s Tata Communications has acquired Two Telecoms Consortium’s 12,5% stake in Neotel taking its stake in the local operator to 61.5%. Tata Communications is part of the US$67bn Tata group. Neotel wants to expand its customer base by

Icasa moves on local loop plan

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Telecommunications industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will publish a discussion document this week in the Government Gazette outlining its thoughts on unbundling Telkom’s local loop, the copper lines

Neotel’s new home phone reviewed

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Neotel this week unveiled a new “fixed-wireless” handset aimed at the retail consumer market. TechCentral put the device, made by China’s ZTE, through its paces. The handset, which uses Neotel’s wireless code division multiple access

Neotel ups consumer ante with new phone

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Neotel is stepping up its focus on the retail consumer market with the launch on Monday of a new handset that, at first glance, looks remarkably like a mobile phone. The R399 device, made by China’s ZTE, uses Neotel’s

Let’s work together, says Ngcaba

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Andile Ngcaba, chairman of Convergence Partners and Dimension Data SA, says telecommunications companies must work together to build national, long-distance fibre networks in the country. Dimension Data, Convergence

Neotel loses top executive to Cisco

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Telecommunications operator Neotel has lost its chief sales and marketing officer. Stefano Mattiello, who had been at Neotel for the past four years, joined networking company Cisco this week as its channel director in SA. Newly appointed Neotel CEO

Wacsing the competition

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The arrival of the Western African Cable System (Wacs), which landed in the west coast town of Yzerfontein on Tuesday will accelerate competition in the local market. But, according to experts, the impact on broadband prices may not