MTN South Africa has launched biodegradable Sim cards in an effort to tackle plastic waste pollution.
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Sim waste is a massive and growing problem, with local operators producing an estimated 180 million cards annually.
The Competition Tribunal’s decision to block a merger between Vodacom and Maziv will likely derail the sector’s M&A plans.
The Competition Tribunal is guilty of damaging regulatory overreach in blocking Vodacom’s Maziv deal.
The Competition Tribunal has thrown South Africa’s telecommunications industry into turmoil.
Operators are putting in the legwork to provide RCS support for iPhones, but none has launched commercially.
Confusion over the difference between ownership and control has muddied the waters at Icasa hearings.
Vodacom South Africa has built an enablement platform for mobile virtual network operators and declared it’s “open for business”.
Until now, the cheapest 4G-capable smartphones in South Africa have cost at least at least twice that for the most basic models.
Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes said the mobile operator was “handicapped from the start” by the actions of rivals MTN and Vodacom.