Vodacom has unveiled its first contract tariff plan that offers subscribers unlimited phone calls and text messages for a fixed monthly fee. The new product forms part of a new portfolio called “Red”. The unlimited plan
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Vodacom has just thrown down the gauntlet to its competitors, signalling that it won’t take attempts by rivals to take away market share lying down. The mobile operator, South Africa’s largest, has announced it will take an axe to the cost of voice calls: from 10 February – this Sunday – it will
Vodacom’s revenues in South Africa have come under pressure in the three months ended 31 December 2012, and the operator is blaming increased price competition from rivals, along with other factors, for the muted performance. South Africa is Vodacom’s most
WirelessG CEO Carel van der Merwe says the Wi-Fi communications specialist has agreed to enter into talks with Vodacom after the mobile operator’s CEO, Shameel Joosub, sent him an invitation to enter into negotiations. This is according
Because of its spending on upgraded towers and other infrastructure, Vodacom wouldn’t have to spend heavily on equipment if it were allocated more radio frequency spectrum in new bands, group CEO Shameel Joosub says. Due to spectrum
For the first time in Vodacom’s history, the number of SMS and MMS messages sent by the mobile operator’s South African customers has declined, information accompanying its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2012 shows
Vodacom has lifted its interim dividend by 36,5% to R3,55/share on the back of a strong financial performance, particularly in its non-South African operations, in the six months ended 30 September 2012. Outside South Africa, Vodacom’s
Fibre-to-the-home networks must play a part in SA’s goal to provide universal access to broadband by 2020, says Vodacom group CEO Shameel Joosub. Next-generation broadband technologies like long-term evolution (LTE) are also crucial and Joosub says that in order to roll out national networks
Vodacom has surprised the market by launching commercial fourth-generation (4G) services based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology. The service is available immediately in selected parts of Johannesburg, with other cities to follow in the “near future”, the operator says in a statement. The company’s
Vodacom’s new CEO, Shameel Joosub, last week fired a shot over rival Cell C’s bows, warning that SA’s biggest operator will not give way to Cell C, now led by his former boss Alan Knott-Craig. Consumers have ringside seats to what is going to be an epic battle between two great tacticians