Browsing: Vodacom South Africa

Vodacom has claimed in court papers that it has been unfairly disadvantaged by its main rival’s spectrum deals.

Competition Tribunal hearings into the proposed merger between Vodacom and Maziv kicked off in Pretoria on Monday.

TechCentral had a look at Vodacom and MTN’s capex per customer in South Africa – and it tells an interesting story.

South Africa’s telecoms operators collectively invest more than R25-billion/year in their networks.

Vodacom said it is keen to maintain its high capex-to-revenue ratio to maintain a network quality advantage.

Telkom is hiking prices across many of its retail and small business products, including fibre and DSL internet services.

Cell C has improved, but MTN and Vodacom still dominate network experience ratings in the latest OpenSignal report.

Telkom has criticised Icasa’s proposed new inter-network call rates, saying there should be parity between fixed and mobile.

Vodacom Group is planning to cut jobs in South Africa, its biggest market, to help reduce costs.

Among other transactions, Remgro is fighting to get approval for a multibillion-rand fibre deal with Vodacom.