Telkom Mobile has agreed to amend an advertising campaign for its new, low-cost Sim-Sonke prepaid calling plan after rival Cell C lodged an objection about it at the Advertising Standards Authority. Cell C took objection to the fact that although Telkom Mobile offers
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The price war in South Africa’s mobile industry is starting to take its toll, evidenced this week by the declining subscriber numbers at MTN, which conceded that it had been too slow in cutting its rates to match its rivals. But behind the scenes a much more interesting battle is brewing
The results of the 15th Sunday Times annual top brands survey, conducted by TNS South Africa, show that Vodacom is considered the best mobile operator and that Apple’s iPhone is the most desirable handset among South African business users. The survey looks
New communications minister Yunus Carrim has boldly vowed to go where every minister before him has tried and failed: increase Internet penetration and cut the cost of communicating in South Africa. The number of Internet users in the country has
MTN’s fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) mobile broadband offering has come out on top in a series of tests run by TechCentral in Johannesburg on Monday. It’s the second time that MTN has emerged with the fastest 4G network in TechCentral’s testing
In an unexpected move, Telkom has effectively cut the price of the wholesale broadband charges it levies on Internet service providers who sell broadband capacity using the company’s asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) network
Cell C’s newly appointed chief financial officer, Robert Pasley, wanted to be a university professor, lecturing in theoretical physics, but pragmatism led him into the corporate world of finance and strategy. Pasley completed a
New communications minister Yunus Carrim is set to face his first big test. How he responds will set the tone for his tenure and define his approach to Telkom and to competition in the sector. A decision by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) this week to publish
Licensed telecommunications operators interested in gaining access to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure into homes and businesses have been given insight this week into how the industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
Former communications minister Dina Pule is guilty of most of the charges levelled against her at parliament’s ethics committee and was also found to have lied to the committee during its investigations. The committee has now recommended that parliament refer the