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Telkom to switch from MTN to Vodacom for roaming
Telkom mobile users will in future roam on Vodacom’s network, not MTN’s, after the two cellular operators concluded a new, multibillion-rand roaming deal on Wednesday.
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Court battle to get Rica data from mobile operators
The Right2Know Campaign has filed a high court application against MTN, Cell C and Telkom to get the operators to hand over details of when and how often they accede to requests from law enforcement agencies.
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Telkom takes steps to implement new Icasa regulations
A month before communications regulator Icasa is due in court to defend itself against legal action over its new data-expiry rules, Telkom has begun to implement the regulations.
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‘Enduring’ mobile duopoly has harmed consumers: Telkom CEO
Regulators should lend more support to smaller mobile operators to help them break the dominance of Vodacom and MTN, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko told the Competition Commission on Thursday.
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SA’s Echo, Gondwana merge ISP assets in eight African countries
South Africa’s Echo Service Provider has reached a deal to merge with the Internet service provider operations of Gondwana International Networks in markets across Africa.
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Commission urged to open mobile operators’ networks to ISPs
The Internet Service Providers’ Association has urged the Competition Commission to force South Africa’s mobile network operators to open their networks on a wholesale basis to ISPs.
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Break up the mobile operators, R2K says
The Competition Commission should force the mobile operators to split themselves into separate wholesale and retail businesses, the Right2Know Campaign said on Wednesday.
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Social, streaming bundles are just the ticket
Mobile operators have begun distinguishing between different kinds of traffic and providing differentiated data bundles for streaming and social media services.
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Telkom in talks to buy Zim operator: report
Telkom is in talks with Zimbabwe’s state-owned mobile telecommunications operator, NetOne, as the government weighs the privatisation of the business, Bloomberg reported.
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Telkom’s Deon Fredericks joins SAA on secondment
South African Airways has appointed Telkom chief investment officer Deon Fredericks as its new interim chief financial officer on secondment from the telecommunications operator.